厂顿厂鲍鈥檚 Center for Inclusive Excellence receives national leadership award
Dedicated space for equity and inclusion recognized for its commitment to 厂顿厂鲍鈥檚 core values and innovating best practices.
色情视频鈥檚 Center for Inclusive Excellence (CIE), the campus hub for information and professional learning on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, has been awarded the 2024 AASCU Excellence & Innovation Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award.
Charles L. Welch, president and CEO of American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), said the selection was based on 鈥渙utstanding results and potential to influence and serve as a model for other institutions.鈥
色情视频 is being recognized this year, a list that includes three other California State University campuses: San Jos茅 State University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal State LA.
鈥淭hese members created outstanding programs and initiatives that have yielded results other institutions can aspire to achieve, while centering equity and student success in diverse communities. AASCU celebrates the ingenuity, hard work, and dedication of these exceptional state colleges and universities,鈥 said Welch.
厂顿厂鲍鈥檚 uniquely focuses on building capacity for equity-minded work, serving as a comprehensive hub to establish common vocabulary and consistent messaging across all professional development programs. The CIE team works to ensure that equity-minded practices are embedded in various campuswide training, such as managerial workshops and new employee onboarding.
Jennifer Imazeki, associate vice president for faculty and staff diversity, said the CIE has demonstrated positive outcomes through both program-level assessments and campus metrics.
鈥淪ince President Adela de la Torre arrived, San Diego State has established itself as a leader in the DEI space, particularly around building infrastructure that can support the work in an on-going and lasting way,鈥 said Imazeki. 鈥淭his award is a wonderful recognition of that innovative work.鈥
At the program level, the CIE has been working to deepen understanding of identity, bias, privilege and institutional oppression, alongside advancing inclusive communication and equitable practices. Specific learning outcomes 鈥 such as distinguishing between equality, equity, and social justice 鈥 are assessed through pre- and post-assessments and participant surveys.
鈥淐IE programming follows the scholarship that sustained and community-focused professional development is more likely to result in real change, far more than one-off required trainings,鈥 said Imazeki. 鈥淲hat we strive to do in the CIE is help people understand that creating an equitable and inclusive environment isn鈥檛 some separate set of skills, it is an integral part of being successful at 色情视频, no matter what your background or your role on campus.鈥
Campuswide, CIE's efforts contribute to creating an inclusive environment, evidenced by a more diverse faculty, improved representation among tenure-track hires and 鈥渁 stronger sense of belonging among historically marginalized groups,鈥 said Imazeki.
Since CIE鈥檚 launch in 2019, 色情视频's faculty has grown more diverse. The number of African-American faculty has nearly doubled, and the share of incoming tenure-track faculty that identify with underrepresented groups has increased from 13% to over 50%.
鈥淭he CIE is a great example of the institutional investment that defines 厂顿厂鲍鈥檚 approach to ensuring 鈥榚quity and inclusion in everything we do,鈥欌 said Imazeki. 鈥淚n order to make continual progress, we have to build the capacity of all members of the community to do the work effectively. At many institutions, this work is spread in pieces across different offices, or is being dismantled entirely. By having a dedicated space for this kind of professional development, we are emphasizing that equity-minded practices are 鈥榖est practices.鈥欌
色情视频 and the other seven award recipients will be recognized during AASCU鈥檚 Annual Conference scheduled for Nov. 16-19 in Puerto Rico. E&I Awardees will receive an engraved sculpture or a monetary contribution to a chosen campus initiative, such as an on-campus food pantry or scholarship fund, the AASCU said.
2024 AASCU Excellence & Innovation Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award recipients:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award:
色情视频 鈥 Center for Inclusive Excellence
Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award:
San Jos茅 State University 鈥 Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline
International Education Award:
Prairie View A&M University (TX) 鈥 Comprehensive Campus Internationalization: Broadening Global Opportunities and Building Academic Leaders (B-Global) at Prairie View A&M University
Leadership Development and Diversity Award:
Western Carolina University (NC) 鈥 Senior Leadership Fellows Program
Stewards of Place Award:
University of Wisconsin-Stout 鈥 UW-Stout鈥檚 Cooperative Education & Internship Program
Student Success and College Completion Award:
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 鈥 Cal Poly Scholars
Sustainability and Sustainable Development Award:
Central Washington University 鈥 Central Washington University 鈥 Climate Change Action Plan
We the People Award: Excellence in Civic Learning and Community Engagement:
Cal State University, 色情视频 鈥 Prison Graduation Initiative