The Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS) office engaged in efforts to promote culturally responsive and inclusive institutional research (IR) practices that take into account the increasingly diverse student, faculty, and staff populations we serve. We developed a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategic plan that addressed the following: (a) ensuring our Mission Statement reflects our commitment to diversity; (b) applying an equity lens to our work; (c) supporting campus-wide DEI efforts while helping the campus live out a commitment to DEI; (d) implementing internal office practices to support the recruitment and retention of a diverse team; and (e) ensuring IR professionals have access to and opportunities to learn about current trends in equity and inclusion. Our approach was guided by Kendi’s (2019) conceptualization of antiracism, and we examine how we have opportunities to make antiracist decisions in various aspects of our work, including how we frame IR, analyze and label data, and interpret results given local contexts and structural inequities.
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| IRDS DEI Strategic Plan.pdf |