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2023 DEI 2.0 Plan Report

Enhancing Black Student Representation & Experiences

By building on the past and current history of Black student activism, evaluation outcomes and our collective learning in DEI 1.0, and recent recommendations leading from working groups co-developed and co-led by the Black Student Union with university leaders and community members, the university will develop, implement and sustain a connected infrastructure that ensures institutional progress in identifying and dismantling any anti-blackness throughout its policies, systems and structures.

Black sorority sisters wearing caps and gowns and sashes representing their sorority

The university will assess, refine, and develop strategies and student support programming, open to all, that produce equitable opportunities for access, success and a sense of belonging for Black students, in particular. This will include increasing responsiveness to Black students' unique needs through the creation of feedback mechanisms that allow for input by Black students and allies to support and enhance university programs, priorities, and resource allocation. Change will be values-driven and informed by data and input from faculty, staff, and community partners, addressing campus climate impacts on the experiences of Black students.

Year One activities will include hiring a project manager and appointing an implementation task force to assist in the coordination of this work. The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI), the Division of Student Life and the Office of Enrollment Management (OEM) will collaborate with on- and off-campus partners in pursuit of these goals.

Responsible Unit(s): The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, the Division of Student Life and the Office of Enrollment Management