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The Equity and Inclusion workstream released its final report in February 2021, which is posted on this page.
Workstream:
Equity and Inclusion
Responsible Person:
Nadine Aubry, Provost and Senior Vice President
Co-Chairs:
Bárbara Brizuela, Academic Dean, School of Arts and Sciences; Joyce Sackey, Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer, Health Sciences Schools
Goal:
This effort will look at academic support services and new education and training programs that can help ensure that issues of equity and inclusion are addressed in our classrooms, laboratories, clinical training settings, and throughout our community.
Specifically, this effort will consider training programs for faculty and staff as well as revised curricula, new education programs, and strengthened academic and support services for all our students within and outside the classroom. Such programs will help ensure that issues of equity and inclusion are addressed in our classrooms and all non- classroom learning spaces, and throughout our community. In addition, there will be a focus on designing more equitable processes (e.g., for promotion and tenure, teaching evaluations, students’ work assessment, equitable clinical services, etc.), recognizing and promoting excellence within our community members in this important area (through fellowships and awards), and preparing our students for academic and personal success at Tufts and beyond.
Charge and Approach:
To advise the President and Tufts’ administration, the committee will:
Committee Structure:
The committee will consist of four subgroups that will focus on faculty, staff, undergraduate students, and graduate and professional students, with a leader for each subgroup, and have faculty, staff, and student representatives as well as representatives from the Medford/Somerville, SMFA, and Health Sciences campuses.
Subgroup Leaders:
Other Members:
For a full list of subgroup leaders and members, please click here.
Community Engagement:
The committee will have a webpage/wiki for community input, suggestions, and feedback that will be reviewed on a continuous manner and provided to the committee prior to each meeting. In addition, the committee will send members to faculty meetings at all schools and engage community members through a series of focus groups and large group discussions to ensure it garners input and feedback while developing recommendations. The committee will also seek input from and report to the Faculty Senate and the various student leadership groups.
Timeline and Deliverables:
The committee will update its webpage every two weeks and report to the senior team every four weeks with an interim report on November 1 and a final report on December 1.
Communication:
The committee will follow the plan created by University Communications and Marketing for the workstreams and will update its webpage on a regular basis—at least once every two weeks.
Reporting:
An update will be provided every four weeks to the senior team and as needed.