Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Report by Trinity University

Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Report

Recommendation 8: Increase the number of opportunities for alumni to receive awards and honors. Rationale: There is a perception that the number of underrepresented alumni populations selected for awards and honors is not commensurate with the representation of diverse individuals who compose the alumni population. Data needs to be collected to determine the current representation of award recipients. If the data confirms the experiential perception, the Division of Alumni Relations & Development and other awarding entities will need to develop a strategy to identify diverse alumni for consideration for awards and honors. The percentage of diverse individuals among alumni is limited, so it will take intentional effort to ensure they are not overlooked. As other elements of the Diversity and Inclusion recommendations are enacted, Trinity will attract more diverse students, resulting in more diverse alumni for consideration for recognition. Opportunities to engage alumni who are not selected for recognition might include alumni-to-alumni and alumni-to-student mentorship. Stakeholders: Executive Leadership Team, Faculty, Staff, Alumni Recommended Actions

Performance Indicators

Responsible Parties

Examine existing alumni awards opportunities across campus (including academic units and Alumni Relations and Development).

An audit will reveal all Trinity alumni award opportunities with disaggregated data for underrepresented groups.

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President of Alumni Relations & Development, Senior Director of Alumni Relations, Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Evaluate the representation of diverse individuals among alumni receiving awards and honors.

An initial report and follow-up report annually will evaluate the representation of diverse alumni among awards recipients.

Vice President of Alumni Relations & Development, Senior Director of Alumni Relations; Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Relevant entities will create strategies to increase recognition of diverse alumni in awards and honors selections that are free of bias.

An action plan with specific strategies will be completed to identify diverse alumni to be considered for recognition.

Vice President of Alumni Relations & Development, Senior Director of Alumni Relations; Vice President for Academic Affairs

Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Report

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APPENDIX F: HEDS DIVERSITY AND EQUITY CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY

APPENDIX G: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF STAND BY SYSTEMS II (SBS), INC. CAMPUS WIDE INTERVIEWS

APPENDIX D: TRINITY UNIVERSITY FACULTY STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER

APPENDIX C: STATEMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDER GROUPS

APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY OF TERMS

APPENDIX A: REFERENCES

Recommendation 3: Encourage culturally responsive teaching strategies, including anti racist pedagogy. Provide professional development and other resources to support the adoption of such a pedagogy

Recommendation 2: All academic units must review their curricula and consider how they might incorporate diversity in an appropriate, meaningful fashion

Recommendation 1: Expand and infuse a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout academic departments, interdisciplinary programs, and First Year Experience using appropriate curriculum and instructional practices

Recommendation 9: Trinity must prepare students to succeed in a diverse, multicultural workplace

Recommendation 8: Increase the number of opportunities for alumni to receive awards and honors

Recommendation 7: Create a campus wide oral history project which will include a

Recommendation 6: Support staff education and training efforts that build individual awareness of and capacity for issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion and collective action in support of an anti bias and anti racist community

Recommendation 5: Increase empowerment and engagement of BIPOC alumni

Recommendation 4: Use existing and new forms of data to inform institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

Recommendation 3: Track student participation in extracurricular, co curricular, and experiential learning activities, and seek to broaden participation in such activities for students from historically underrepresented groups

Recommendation 2: Engage all students in ongoing and robust professional development and education around all issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the duration of their time at the university

Recommendation 1: Create a culture of dialogue and communication for diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing safe spaces, opportunities, and platforms for all members of the Trinity community

Recommendation 8: Actively communicate information, processes, and practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts from all major campus units

Recommendation 7: Retain talented employees from all BIPOC and underrepresented constituents by improving campus climate and providing sufficient and appropriate institutional support

Recommendation 2: Increase the number of BIPOC and other underrepresented groups of faculty at Trinity

Recommendation 5: Require the adoption of best practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the hiring process for all faculty and staff

Recommendation 3: Increase the number of exempt (“contract”) and non exempt (“classified”) BIPOC and other underrepresented staff members

CATEGORY 3: RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

Recommendation 4: Provide mentoring for underrepresented student, faculty, and staff populations

Recommendation 5: Create a center devoted to university wide issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Recommendation 3: Develop diversity, equity, and inclusion assessment mechanisms to foster accountability

Recommendation 4: Develop a university wide culture of celebrating progress

Recommendation 2: Achieve greater representation of BIPOC as well as other identifications of underrepresentation on the Trinity Board of Trustees

Recommendation 2: Develop a culture of community education and community improvement

Recommendation 4: Inform faculty, students, and staff that Trinity’s Anti Harassment

CATEGORY 1: ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT

Foreword

CATEGORY 2: CAMPUS, ALUMNI, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT