Skidmore College
PA-5: Diversity and Equity Coordination
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Mark
Youndt Director of Sustainability for Academic Affairs Management and Business |
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Part 1
Yes
Does the committee, office and/or officer focus on students, employees, or both?:
Both students and employees
None
A brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities:
The Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU) is a subcommittee of the IPPC that advises the president and other College offices and bodies as appropriate regarding issues related to intercultural and global understanding. In undertaking this work, the CIGU takes into account a comprehensive institutional view.
Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU):
The CIGU advises on policy issues, practices, and procedures relating to diversity, intercultural and global understanding, intercultural literacy, issues of campus climate, and other related matters and serves as a resource for the College officials charged with coordinating and implementing the College's strategic efforts in these areas.
Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU):
The CIGU advises on policy issues, practices, and procedures relating to diversity, intercultural and global understanding, intercultural literacy, issues of campus climate, and other related matters and serves as a resource for the College officials charged with coordinating and implementing the College's strategic efforts in these areas.
Part 2
All
Estimated proportion of academic staff that has participated in cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion trainings and activities:
All
Estimated proportion of non-academic staff that has participated in cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion trainings and activities:
All
If trainings are made available, provide:
In 2008, Skidmore established the Intergroup Relations Program (IGR), a sequence of courses based on a fusion of academic content and dialogue experiences shaped around social identities. IGR promotes integrative learning that is transdisciplinary and potentially lifelong in practice. IGR is an interdisciplinary field of study requiring the cognitive integration of concepts from multiple disciplines to application in complex social conditions. For example, students engaging in an examination of race must simultaneously work to apply concepts, methods, and content from across the disciplines—such as sociology, psychology, history, and media studies—during their dialogues. The program is open to students, faculty, and staff.
All students must successfully complete one 3- or 4-credit course designated as Cultural Diversity, and a recent survey indicates that approximately 15% of our courses offered have a diversity component.
All employees of the College are required to engage in anti-harassment training and must complete an anti-harassment refresher program every two years.
We also use other moments to continue to work on racial and cultural competence, and recent examples include:
• Workshops on diversity and inclusion for faculty and staff
• Our annual day-long Academic Summit for the campus community
• Workshops for creating a more inclusive classroom
• Mandatory inclusive hiring workshops for faculty search committees
• Numerous campus guests each year that engage through classroom visits, performances, and/or all-college lectures (e.g., Terrance Blanchard, Majora Carter, etc.)
All students must successfully complete one 3- or 4-credit course designated as Cultural Diversity, and a recent survey indicates that approximately 15% of our courses offered have a diversity component.
All employees of the College are required to engage in anti-harassment training and must complete an anti-harassment refresher program every two years.
We also use other moments to continue to work on racial and cultural competence, and recent examples include:
• Workshops on diversity and inclusion for faculty and staff
• Our annual day-long Academic Summit for the campus community
• Workshops for creating a more inclusive classroom
• Mandatory inclusive hiring workshops for faculty search committees
• Numerous campus guests each year that engage through classroom visits, performances, and/or all-college lectures (e.g., Terrance Blanchard, Majora Carter, etc.)
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