An Equity Framework
91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is committed to inclusive excellence, which asks that we integrate equity efforts into the core processes and aspects of our institution. It is critical that all 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ students have equitable access to opportunities for success and that faculty and staff are prepared to support a diverse student body and contribute to an inclusive campus learning, living, and working environment. 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ has taken steps toward creating this environment; going forward, the president’s staff will work within an equity-minded framework to help us understand the causes of equity gaps and identify the actions needed to close them.
Our Goals
- Implement a student success agenda that centralizes equity.
- Establish guidelines to make deep, meaningful, and sustainable changes to policies, practices, and structures that promote inequities.
- Operate from an equity-minded lens to inform how we as a leadership team will make decisions.
Our Purpose
- Redefine issues of equity, diversity, and anti-racism as fundamental to the organizational bottom line of mission fulfillment and inclusive and intersectional excellence.
- Center on creating systems and processes that enable all students, faculty, and staff to feel like they belong and are able to thrive personally and professionally.
- Build on prior models and strengthen ongoing initiatives that operate in a strategic, evidence-based, and data-driven manner where accountability is centralized.
- Lead with a high degree of cultural intelligence, humility, and awareness of the intersection of identities and their importance in higher education.