Conversations about DEI in education are more heated now than before as people discuss varying viewpoints on the matter of creating inclusive environments on campus amid concerns about academic freedom and political tensions.
The good news is that by implementing the right strategy, academic leaders can effectively involve faculty to reduce polarization and promote widespread endorsement of DEI initiatives. They can cultivate positive environment where DEI is not a source of conflict but a roundly embraced institutional principle.
Beyond the Credential Factory: Why Higher Education Must Shift from Management to Flourishing
For decades, higher education leadership has obsessed over “student success” as a purely operational metric. We track retention and graduation rates and postgraduation outcomes with the same linear precision that
Yoshitaka Iwasaki
August 3, 2026
