http://beta.groundshift.org The official web-blog of GroundShift.org daily 1 2009-01-28T20:41:29Z http://beta.groundshift.org/communities/groundshift-chronicle/sustainability-and-scalability The challenges of sustainability and scalability emerged as central themes at the Future of Diversity conference last December. How do we move examples of successful innovation from the margins to the center of institutional practice? How do we “scale up” without losing the adaptability and commitment that accounts for the success of local experiments? No publisher ssturm 2009-05-05T12:17:00Z Blog Entry http://beta.groundshift.org/communities/groundshift-chronicle/building-bridges-through-a-cappella After eight weeks of practice, followed by an impressive performance in front of their entire school, a group of middle school kids believed they could fly. Most in the group had never sung publicly before, yet they energized a room full of students and teachers with the school’s first-ever a cappella concert at Elm City College Prep Middle. No publisher ssturm 2009-05-05T20:37:42Z Blog Entry http://beta.groundshift.org/communities/groundshift-chronicle/the-5-r2019s-of-the-architecture-of-inclusion During the 2008 Future Diversity Conference, Susan Sturm provided an overarching framework for developing the architecture of inclusion through the rubric of the 5 Rs. No publisher ssturm 2009-05-05T03:39:38Z Blog Entry http://beta.groundshift.org/communities/groundshift-chronicle/the-inaugural-edition Much has happened since the December, 2008 conference on the Future of Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education. Events have highlighted the juxtaposition of crisis and opportunity, which reverberated as a theme at the conference. No publisher admin 2009-02-19T01:14:08Z Blog Entry