San Diego State University
PA-7: Support for Underrepresented Groups

http://bfa.sdsu.edu/hr/oerc/staff/nondiscrequalopp.aspx

There are multiple avenues for a rapid response depending on the individuals in question. For example, an incident involving a student and a faculty would be directed to the Ombuds office or Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities. An incident involving a faculty member and another faculty member would be directed to the Chair, Dean, Provost, Office of Faculty Advancement, etc. An incident involving staff would typically involve Human Resources and Business Affairs, Legal Council in the Center for HR and Compliance.

In addition, the University has a Bias Response Reporting System. This system is called INCLUSIVE SDSU. It provides a mechanism to report, monitor, and follow-up on bias related incidents as well as positive incidents that occur as well.

https://diversity.sdsu.edu/initiatives/inclusive

Any member of the SDSU community (e.g., student, faculty, staff, administrators, community member) may make a submission to Inclusive SDSU. For many incidents, there are already avenues for formal reporting, and if the submission suggests that one of those processes should be involved, then the submission will be forwarded back to the sender with information on how to submit to the appropriate office, which may include Academic Labor Relations, Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities, Office of Employee Relations and Compliance, or the University Police Department.
The Inclusive SDSU Communication Team will review submissions primarily to assess campus climate issues and patterns of activity, and will report on such matters to the Division of Diversity and Innovation and the Division of Student Affairs.

The Team may also recommend additional action or refer the Report to another office on campus for further processing.

Examples of actions the Team may take include:

- Referring submissions regarding extraordinary acts of diversity and inclusion to Strategic Communications and Public Affairs, for recognition of those actions.
- Referring reports to Facilities Services for removal of building markings or repair of property damage.
- Referring submissions to campus divisions, departments and offices for the purpose of developing educational programs to address inclusion or other related subjects.
- Recommending campus climate programming based on patterns of activity seen through submissions.
- Referring the reporter to on-campus and off-campus resources for support and success.

The Goodwin Scholars program is designed to recruit and retain African American students. The EY or Elymash Yuchapp program is designed to recruit and retain American Indian or Native American Students. The Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Faculty (RRUF) committee are focused on recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented faculty (which includes staff as well). In addition, each cultural center has a retention program focused on a minoritized population. Therefore, we have numerous programs serving current and former foster youth, those who were formerly incarcerated, Latinx students, Pacific Islander students, LGBTIAQ+ students etc.

https://go.sdsu.edu/strategicplan/recruitment-and-retention-underrepresented-fac.aspx

The Goodwin Scholars community provides support for African American collegians. Along with a counseling center that responds to the needs of multiple identities. Harambee and EY also have peer mentoring programs. The university also has a variety of outlets for faculty and staff including the support students through the Provost's Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP). Individual academic units have created various affinity groups like Women in the STEM to support women. Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) supports African American faculty, students, and staff.

The California Pre-Doctoral Program is designed to increase the pool of potential California State University faculty by supporting the doctoral aspirations of CSU students who have experienced economic and educational disadvantages. There are also numerous in-house programs that have been developed, including the Aztec Scholars Research Program.

The mentoring, counseling, peer support or other programs to support faculty from underrepresented groups on campus:
- https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/faculty-staff/predoc