With many students attending part time and coming from many different backgrounds, the Wisconsin Technical College System works to support diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among its 16 schools.
For Courtney Chambers, a Black woman with a learning disability, the importance of diversity in education became evident at an early age. After moving to La Crosse from Chicago at 10 years old, she found herself struggling to fit in with her predominantly white classmates.
“I came up here, and it was all white,” said Chambers. “I had to adapt right away, I had to figure out how to find my voice – find my own skin.”
Now a 36-year-old student at Western Technical College studying human services, she appreciates increasing levels of diversity she has encountered through her educational journey.
“It was kind of exciting when I was growing up, and going to school and stuff,” said Chambers. “In elementary, I was the only person of color in my class, and until I kept going in education, I saw more people like me in my classrooms.”...
“I came up here, and it was all white,” said Chambers. “I had to adapt right away, I had to figure out how to find my voice – find my own skin.”
Now a 36-year-old student at Western Technical College studying human services, she appreciates increasing levels of diversity she has encountered through her educational journey.
“It was kind of exciting when I was growing up, and going to school and stuff,” said Chambers. “In elementary, I was the only person of color in my class, and until I kept going in education, I saw more people like me in my classrooms.”...
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