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Articles

Managing and Regulating Commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education

Pages 175-191 | Received 15 Sep 2019, Accepted 06 Apr 2020, Published online: 29 Apr 2020
 

Abstract

The management of commitments by higher education institutions to equality, diversity and inclusion both for employees and students presents significant challenges. The implementation of measures to comply with legislative equality requirements, the indicators of commitment to formal equality, do not deliver anything like equality of outcome. This creates the challenge as to how universities may articulate and act on commitments which go beyond formal equality and which may be expected to build a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. This article addresses the incorporation of equality values and objectives in institutional strategy and the governance arrangements to define, develop and implement measures to address the objectives. Analysing contrasting and coordinated modes of governing I note that a reflexive approach tends to shift regulatory emphasis from control to learning as the basis for effective action. I conclude that it is appropriate and possible that higher education institutions should, to a significant extent, be able to think of themselves as governing EDI matters as much through reflexive learning as through the aspiration to control.

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Notes on contributor

Colin Scott is Professor of EU Regulation and Governance at University College Dublin, where he currently serves as Vice President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Principal, UCD College of Social Sciences and Law. His research interests include regulation of the public sector, transnational private regulation and regulatory accountability.

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