Diversity and Equity Post
This credit recognizes institutions with active committees, offices, or officers charged by the administration or governing body to coordinate diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights work on campus. Diversity and equity coordination increases the ability of an institution to more effectively address these issues.
Part 1
Institution has a diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer (or the equivalent) tasked by the administration or governing body to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights on campus. The committee, office and/or officer may focus on students and/or employees.
This metric is looking for whether the institution has a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer:
For WikiRate researchers:
Institutions who report to the STARS program are listed on the STARS Participants & Reports website.
Use the institution Index, CTRL F, or Command F to search for the institution you want to research
By clicking on the hyperlinked name of the institution, you will be redirected to the page where all their STARS reports are listed. You can select either the most recent report, or one of the older reports to start tracking their performance over time.
NB: While the values in the reports might apply to different points in time (performance year, baseline year, most recent, etc.), the submission date of the report should be listed as the “year” on WikiRate. This is to ensure that reports of the same submission year can be compared. Any time specific information for the individual values should be included in the comment to that specific metric value.
To narrow down your search, navigate the reports’ index using the Reporting Category - Planning & Administration - and Credit Category - Diversity & Affordability - to finally select the Credit Title: Diversity and Equity Coordination.
You should now be on the report page that discloses whether the institution has a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer. To locate the exact value you can search the page using CTRL F or Command F with keywords like committee, office and officer.
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Add comments to include details of simple or complex calculations or conversions made to determine the metric value and document any relevant contextual information, like:
a brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities
the website URL where information about the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer is available
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