INCREASE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, & BELONGING

5INCREASE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, & BELONGING

Questrom will build capacities, evolve curriculum, and develop community & communities to foster a diverse and inclusive learning and work environment.

5INCREASE DIVERSITY,

INCLUSION, & BELONGING

GOAL 1: BUILD DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION (DEI) CAPACITIES AT QUESTROM Ensure every constituency in Questrom has the awareness, tools, knowledge, and skill sets to be inclusive community members

OBJECTIVES • All students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to participate in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) continuing education offerings • Increase the number of events that highlight diverse business leaders and inclusion in the business world • Provide forums for faculty and staff discussion on current social and DEI issues, challenges, and opportunities • Diversify sources of funding to build out and support DEI initiatives INITIATIVES • Establish an annual calendar of ongoing DEI education opportunities • Conduct systematic program orientation review to evaluate and implement recommended improvements • Implement the myQuestrom Speaker Series highlighting diverse business leaders and topics on

DEI in the business world • Implement faculty and staff “DEI Discourse” series • Deploy targeted development activities to fund DEI initiatives • Submit funding proposals with grant agencies and foundations GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY

Advance the inclusiveness of our curricula and intentionality of our teaching pedagogy

OBJECTIVES

• All Questrom courses evaluated for inclusivity • Each of the core programs provides viable elective(s) that deepen understanding of DEI issues, e.g., identity, gender, ethnicity, or diversity influence on business, leadership, and the workplace • Cultivate an inclusive classroom environment for student learning INITIATIVES

• Develop and implement systematic course review to measure inclusiveness, including content and classroom guests, and identify recommendations for improvements • Implement the recommendations of the Team Learning report, including continual measurement of bias in Team Learning • Develop reliable and valid instruments and metrics to measure diversity, inclusivity, and classroom climate for open discourse in our courses • Develop women in business course elective • Develop and offer the “Managing the Inclusive Classroom” training program

GOAL 3: FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF BELONGING Engage people throughout our school and extended community to advance belonging and connectedness

OBJECTIVES • Students, faculty, and staff rate their sense of belonging and shared community as high INITIATIVES • Develop a reliable and valid instrument to evaluate belonging and shared community • Develop new affinity group programming for all constituents: first generation, Asian, and women GOAL 4: DIVERSIFY THE COMPOSITION OF QUESTROM Enable the diversification of key stakeholder groups, including students, faculty, staff, and employers

OBJECTIVES • Improve the compostion of our students, faculty, and staff to broaden the diversity of our demographics and lived experiences • Continue to enhance the diversity in leadership roles INITIATIVES • Implement high school relationship strategy to support a diverse pipeline of applicants • Implement new initiatives to foster greater engagement of UG students in the yield process • Pilot Business School for a Day program • Implement a comprehensive DEI dashboard, including mechanisms for data capture, across all constituencies • Collaborate with department chairs, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty, recruitment committees, and BU D&I to implement diversity recruitment strategy • Develop and implement the PhD pipeline program • Develop and implement the expanded Questrom multi-cultural weekend yield event GOAL 5: ENSURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE Reduce barriers, financial and otherwise, to learning experiences and provide access to professionals for mentorship

OBJECTIVES • Reduce financial barriers to Questrom educational experiences • Provide historically at-risk groups the academic, professional, and career development to succeed • Increase student access to diverse alumni and employers for personal and professional growth INITIATIVES • Investigate the financial burdens of courses and career journey and provide recommendations • Launch minority-led start-up business pitch competition for seed money • Evolve the Questrom Ascend program to expand to additional cohorts and grad programs • Design and implement DEI mentor program

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SUMMARY OF 2021-2025 PRIORITY 5 GOALS, OBJECTIVES, INITIATIVES, AND MEASURES OF SUCCESS

GOALS 5.1 Build Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) capacities at Questrom OBJECTIVES 5.1.1

5.1.2

5.1.3

5.1.4 All students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to participate in DEI continuing education offerings Increase the number of events that highlight diverse business leaders and inclusion in the business world Provide forums for faculty and staff discussion on current social and DEI issues, challenges, and opportunities Diversify sources of funding to build out and support DEI initiatives

5.2 Strengthen inclusive curriculum and pedagogy 5.2.1 5.2.2

5.2.3 All Questrom courses evaluated for inclusivity Each of the core programs provides viable elective(s) that deepen understanding of DEI issues, e.g., identity, gender, ethnicity, or diversity influence on business, leadership, and the workplace Cultivate an inclusive classroom environment for student learning

5.3 Foster a community of belonging 5.3.1 Students, faculty, and staff rate their sense of belonging and shared community as high

INITIATIVES • Establish an annual calendar of ongoing DEI education opportunities • Conduct systematic program orientation review to evaluate and implement recommended improvements • Implement the myQuestrom Speaker Series highlighting diverse business leaders and topics on

DEI in the business world • Implement faculty and staff “DEI Discourse” series • Deploy targeted development activities to fund DEI initiatives • Submit funding proposals with grant agencies and foundations • Develop and implement systematic course review to measure inclusiveness, including content and classroom guests, and identify recommendations for improvements • Implement the recommendations of the Team

Learning report, including continual measurement of bias in Team Learning • Develop reliable and valid instruments and metrics to measure diversity, inclusivity, and classroom climate for open discourse in our courses • Develop women in business course elective • Develop and offer the “Managing the Inclusive

Classroom” training program • Develop a reliable and valid instrument to evaluate belonging and shared community • Develop new affinity group programming for all constituents: first generation, Asian, and women MEASURES OF SUCCESS • % of constituents participating in DEI continuing education • # of events highlight diverse business leaders and inclusion in the business world • # of development propsals • # of grant proposals submitted

• School-wide average course inclusivity score • Free speech in Questrom metric • Bias rating in Team Learning • % of faculty completing inclusive classroom training

• Constituent belonging score

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SUMMARY OF 2021-2025 PRIORITY 5 GOALS, OBJECTIVES, INITIATIVES, AND MEASURES OF SUCCESS (CONTINUED)

GOALS 5.4 Diversify the composition of Questrom OBJECTIVES 5.4.1

5.4.2 Improve the compostion of our students, faculty, and staff to broaden the diversity of our demographics and lived experiences Continue to enhance the diversity in leadership roles

5.5 Ensure all students have access to opportunities to thrive 5.5.1 5.5.2

5.5.3 Reduce financial barriers to Questrom educational experiences Provide historically at-risk groups the academic, professional, and career development to succeed Increase student access to diverse alumni and employers for personal and professional growth

INITIATIVES • Implement high school relationship strategy to support a diverse pipeline of applicants • Implement new initiatives to foster greater engagement of UG students in the yield process • Pilot Business School for a Day program • Implement a comprehensive DEI dashboard, including mechanisms for data capture, across all constituencies • Collaborate with department chairs, Senior Associate Dean for

Faculty, recruitment committees, and BU D&I to implement diversity recruitment strategy • Develop and implement the PhD pipeline program • Develop and implement the expanded Questrom multi-cultural weekend yield event • Investigate the financial burdens of courses and career journey and provide recommendations • Launch minority-led start-up business pitch competition for seed money • Evolve the Questrom Ascend program to expand to additional cohorts and grad programs • Design and implement DEI mentor program MEASURES OF SUCCESS • # of students participating in pipeline programs • DEI dashboard by constituency vs. 2021 base

• Total $ awarded to support minority-led startups • # of students participating in the

Ascend program