{"id":19484,"date":"2023-06-29T18:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=19484"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:44:59","slug":"esa-shows-its-support-for-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-college-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2023\/06\/29\/esa-shows-its-support-for-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-college-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA Shows its Support for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in College Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESA voices its strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and support for its members. The Supreme Court ruling today reversed decades of progress under affirmative action by severely limiting the use of race in college admissions. The ruling is misguided, harms society and affects historically excluded students\u2019 abilities to achieve and flourish within educational institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Ecology is a field of study that celebrates diversity of all kinds. Our nation and the world face daunting ecological problems that require the best and brightest minds to understand ecosystems and develop solutions that benefit humankind.<\/p>\n<p>Time and again, data shows that diversity improves society and strengthens the scientific enterprise. Creating space in educational institutions for historically excluded minorities directly increases the pipeline of those qualified to work in the biological and ecological sciences. Historically excluded students deserve the educational opportunities that address the inequalities of the past to create a just society.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/about\/diversity-in-ecology\/\">ESA Diversity Pledge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/about\/governance\/standing-committees\/diversity-committee\/\">Diversity Committee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/about\/diversity-in-ecology\/deij-resources\/\">resources for DEIJ<\/a> are foundational aspects to advance ESA programs. ESA pledges to strengthen and continue its efforts to support historically excluded communities at all career stages by removing barriers to participation and taking these actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recruiting and Supporting Students in our <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/\">SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability<\/a>) Program \u2013 ESA\u2019s flagship award-winning education initiative with a mission to diversify and advance the ecology profession through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of historically excluded students to participate and to lead in ecology.<\/li>\n<li>Providing Meaningful Connections through <a href=\"https:\/\/ecologyplus.esa.org\/\">EcologyPlus<\/a> \u2013 an alliance and an approach that connects diverse college students and early-career scientists with career opportunities and a community of peers and professionals in ecology and related careers across all sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Expanding Participation in the Indigenous Voices program \u2013 a collaboration with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society to expand the participation of Indigenous scholars in the ecological sciences.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/4dee\/tee-rcn\/\">Transforming Ecology Education to 4D<\/a> \u2013 a research network that catalyzes the alignment of undergraduate ecology education with ESA\u2019s 4DEE framework, fosters inclusive pedagogical practices and supports faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with Minority-Serving Organizations \u2013 by participating in conferences for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds to introduce students to the field of ecology and the society\u2019s programs. ESA has brought together these societies with other societies in ecology to help assess structural barriers to expanding diversity and bolstering inclusion in our field.<\/li>\n<li>Identifying and Removing Structural Barriers to Inclusion -through its Diversity Committee and grant-funded research programs, ESA is investigating how key programs for STEM societies (including publications and conferences) can be modified to be more diverse, equitable and inclusive.<\/li>\n<li>Elevating the research of early-career scientists from traditionally excluded or underrepresented groups in the ecological community through the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/about\/diversity-in-ecology\/eee-scholarships\/\">ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your insight and effort to continue and expand ESA diversity efforts will provide space for historically excluded students to achieve and positively impact our field. ESA is a home for all ecologists, and we support and celebrate diversity. Looking to the future, our commitment to historically excluded communities is stronger than ever.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 24.0205%; height: 236px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 33.5175%; text-align: left;\"><em>Sharon Collinge<\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5175%; text-align: left;\"><em>President, ESA<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 33.5175%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18355 size-thumbnail alignleft img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/10\/Sharon_Collinge_headshot19094-scaled-e1643907958532.jpg 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 33.5175%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19060 alignleft img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2022\/09\/Sharon-Collinge-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2022\/09\/Sharon-Collinge-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2022\/09\/Sharon-Collinge.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA voices its strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and support for its members. The Supreme Court ruling today reversed decades of progress under affirmative action by severely limiting the use of race in college admissions. The ruling is misguided, harms society and affects historically excluded students\u2019 abilities to achieve and flourish within educational institutions. Ecology is a field&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-events","category-ecology-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}