11/11/2020
Kean University announces the creation of Equity in Action: the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
The Kean Federation of Teachers chief negotiator and the University’s Assoc. VP for Employee Relations recently commented on what’s possible when labor and management work cooperatively to address racial and social justice inequities in Higher Education. This is an important step in not only addressing shared goals for diversifying the Kean community, but also, it’s a restart of cooperative labor-management relations at Kean.
Associate Vice President for Employee Relations Kenneth Green said the fellowship is the first program to launch from Kean's new Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. “It shows what is possible when labor and management work cooperatively to realize our shared goals for diversity and equity,” Green said.
Frank Argote-Freyre, associate professor of Latin American History and negotiations chair for the Kean Federation of Teachers, said the lack of diversity in higher education is a problem throughout the United States.
"The fellows program is an important step towards diversifying our Kean University community,” he said. “Racial and social justice needs to begin at home. As we build a more diverse and equitable university, it is crucial that our faculty serve as role models."
