IDE Steering Group Update
Dear Carleton Community,
We are pleased to be able to update you on the work of the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE) Strategic Plan as it nears completion. We know the community is eagerly awaiting the final stages of the process so we’d like to communicate the schedule for the next round of feedback on the plan.
As background, the Carleton IDE Steering Committee kicked off in November of 2020. The charge of this group was to develop a 10-year strategic plan for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity with a special focus on racial identity and the Black experience.
The work so far has included several phases. Following the selection of a consultant partner, these phases included:
- Data gathering and analysis
- Data was gathered through campus climate surveys and data sets.
- 29 focus groups were formed for faculty (including groups specifically for faculty who identify as women, Black, LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, international, and people of color), staff (including groups specifically for staff who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women, salaried and biweekly staff, and union), alumni (including groups for those 1-5 years past graduation, 5-12 years past graduation, BIPOC, and alumni leaders), and students by class year, first-generation students, indigenous and undocumented students, Black, Asian, Latinx and multiracial students, international students, LGBTQIA+ students, politically conservative students, peer leader students, and students with disabilities.
- The community was also encouraged to submit input through an online feedback form.
- Development of broad, overarching IDE Goals
- Development of the strategies to meet the IDE goals
We spent time this fall gathering feedback on the broad IDE Goals. Those goals were developed based on the data, experiences, and feedback we gathered from students, faculty, staff, and alumni. In November, five working groups that included faculty, staff, alumni, and students were charged with developing recommended strategies to meet those goals. The working groups are now finalizing their recommendations.
Our next step is to again meet with stakeholders to get feedback on the specific IDE strategies developed by the working groups.
To accomplish this, we plan to:
- Post the draft recommendations from the working groups on February 1 on the IDE website where comments can be sent to the committee throughout February
- Conduct (Zoom) town hall meetings for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to respond to the working group recommendations
IDE (Zoom) Town Hall for Alumni
February 22, 11:00 am (Central Time)
This event will be recorded and available for later viewing
