b'SATURDAY10:00AM11:15AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS VI* EXPERT PRESENTER CHANGING TIMES, CHANGING PRACTICES:Jennifer Teramoto PedrottiThe Need for Diversity and Inclusion Leadership at the College LevelAssociate Dean for The student population entering college today is markedly different from gen-Diversity and Curriculum,erations past. Students of color and women are matriculating at greater rates California Polytechnic than ever before, and social identities have expanded to include many differ-State University ent facets. As diversity at the student level increases, however, the academy may find itself with a body of faculty, staff, and administrators who are strug-gling to adjust to this new student population. Common problems revolve around increasing faculty diversity to match that of students, increasing skills in inclusive teaching strategies, and changing norms surrounding policies and practices that have historically erected barriers for students who are not a part of the dominant culture. It becomes imperative to find ways to increase the diversity in the faculty pool, while at the same time increasing cultural aware-ness, knowledge, and skills of the faculty base. In Cal Poly, San Luis Obispos College of Liberal Arts, a position was created at the Associate Dean level focusing specifically on Diversity and Inclusion to provide a home for these common problems to be better analyzed and addressed. In this presentation, I will discuss the creation of this position, the development of goals surround-ing it, and give examples of ways in which this position has been able to make change in a variety of different areas. Some examples of methods used include a Faculty Cluster Hire Focused on Diversity and Inclusion, develop-ment of plans to better educate large groups of faculty, emphasizing inclusive teaching as a part of the tenure process, and positioning department chairs/heads to be advocates and leaders in making change across the college. Fu-ture plans for the position, and its impact on the university as a whole will also be discussed. EXPERT PRESENTER FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS:Eric Bain-Selbo Student Learning and Public PerceptionDean, School of For many people in the general public, higher education is dominated by Humanities andleft-leaning, politically correct faculty who indoctrinate students with leftist Social Sciences,ideologies and are obstacles to free speech on campuses. There is a sus-Indiana tained public narrative that campuses are no longer spaces of open dialogue University but territory conquered by various champions of identity politics. While we Kokomo certainly want to make students feel safe in order to promote learning, we also understand that learning often requires engaging the uncomfortable. The divide between comfort and discomfort, however, can be a difficult one to navigate, and certainly many people in the general public (particularly the more conservative) believe that educators often fail to find the proper bal-ance. What are some guiding principles for striking such a balance? What can we do on our campuses to change the dominant narratives about free speech in higher education? How can we communicate that to the public?Register at ccas201927'