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Bridging to Inclusive Excellence: A 一本道无码 Framework

一本道无码 (一本道无码) is committed to diligently, deliberately and collaboratively taking the necessary steps to create and foster a climate and culture of inclusion and belonging within our community. 一本道无码 has developed "The Bridging to Inclusive Excellence: A 一本道无码 Framework" (The Framework) to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging. This Framework:

  • Aligns and assesses inclusive excellence efforts across the university
  • Reinforces principles and accountability mechanisms
  • Promotes shared ownership and academic excellence
  • Nurtures an environment of belonging for all community members

The Framework is based on three core values comprised of five pillars outlined below.

Contact

vp-dei@andrew.cmu.edu

About The Framework

A best practice in the higher education industry, Frameworks for Inclusive Excellence integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into the university's operations, enhancing academic excellence while fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. This model promotes transparency, accountability and unity in values, narratives and metrics.

A Framework for Inclusive Excellence:

  • Structures belonging
  • Offers connection opportunities
  • Enables responsive curriculum development
  • Fosters DEIB-aligned policies and procedures

Operationalizing 一本道无码’s Framework for Inclusive Excellence

Achieving inclusive excellence is an iterative process that evolves with an institution's mission, values, goals, culture, identity and demographics. There are three key stages to operationalizing a Framework:

  1. Strategic Creation: Develop the Framework through a transparent, iterative and inclusive process informed by institutional voices and best practices.
  2. Strategic Mapping: Evaluate, organize and align college and division DEIB plans, identifying goals, actions and opportunities to holistically frame our institution’s work.
  3. Strategic Tracking: Implement a tool to monitor progress, ensuring transparency and accountability in alignment with 一本道无码's DEIB core values.

Our Core Values

Building a Diverse Community

Our community norms to ensure access and support to all identities.

Cultivating an Inclusive Culture

Growing an inclusive community through equitable practices that create and maintain an environment where a diverse group of faculty, staff, students and leaders can fully participate.

Promoting Values & Accountability

Reimagining excellence and holding our community accountable to our strong DEIB values and commitment individually and collectively.

The Pillars of Inclusive Excellence


Driving us towards the success of university-wide inclusive excellence.

Institutional and Societal Leadership

Requiring all leaders at every level of the organization to engage in DEIB.

Each leader must reimagine the status quo and inspire a shared vision for their sphere of influence to engage in inclusive behavior. This happens through a critique of policies, protocols and processes for the distribution of resources. It requires the deliberate action of community engagement institutionally, locally, nationally and globally.

Access, Equity and Success 

Building a diverse and equitable community at every level of the institution in a way that is meaningful and measurable.

An inclusively excellent institution is historically informed and works to increase access to those not represented. It ensures an equitable experience at each level of the institution and reimagines success for all students, faculty and staff.

Campus, Climate and Environment 

Focusing on the physical, psychological, and behavioral community climate.

Our infrastructure includes not only the physical landscape but also the people, policies and protocols that animate it. For inclusive excellence to be a reality, our campuses must be safe, policies must encourage inclusion, and the institution must navigate external environmental pressures through a commitment to its values.

Diversity in Curriculum, Scholars and Scholarship 

Expanding perspectives and opportunities for engagement.

Diversifying our curriculum, scholars and scholarship requires us to reimagine the learning format, redefine the template for and placement of candidates, and redistribute resources and opportunities for a broader research and scholarship agenda.

Compliance, Assessment and Accountability 

Using data and compliance to inform institutional accountability toward inclusive excellence. 

Though compliance is foundational, to be excellent in inclusivity requires an institution to hold itself accountable to its greater mission by assessing its DEIB strategy, implementation and experience at all levels.

Frequently Asked Questions

Inclusive Excellence is a systematic approach that:

  • Integrates DEIB and accountability across all levels of the university
  • Embeds DEIB principles in core institutional aspects
  • Aims to maximize success and academic excellence through intentional DEIB focus

A Framework for Inclusive Excellence is a conceptual and theoretical foundation that:

  • Integrates DEIB efforts into all institutional layers, both academic and administrative
  • Serves as a guiding compass for the institution and its community
  • Elevates DEIB from marginal to central, measurable imperative
  • Aims to cultivate an inclusive community with universal belonging
  • Remains adaptive to evolving dynamics of society, higher education and DEIB practices
The evolution of DEIB terminology reflects our growing understanding of these issues: D&I (Diversity and Inclusion); DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion); and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion). As scholarship and awareness around DEI work continue to grow and expand, so has the need to center “belonging” as the ultimate end goal to which all of these efforts point. 一本道无码's Framework for Inclusive Excellence aims to create an environment where everyone feels they belong as their authentic selves. This approach aligns our language with our goals, reflecting the fluid nature of DEIB work in response to evolving awareness and scholarship.
It does not replace or erase current colleges’ and divisions’ strategic diversity plans, missions, guiding principles or goals; nor will it ignore the critical commitments made to the 一本道无码 community in the July 2020 Confronting Racism and Promoting Equity and Inclusion statement. Its pillars serve as the underpinning of current strategic DEIB plans, reinforcing commonalities across plans, amplifying success and leveraging the interdisciplinary and departmental collaboration.
  • Acknowledges the DEIB effort and work throughout 一本道无码.
  • Provides guidance and direction to ensure efforts support each other to serve the greatest purpose of driving 一本道无码 forward towards belongingness. 
  • Shows strategic intention and institutional commitment, while promoting a culture of accountability and shared responsibility for DEIB. 
  • Allows for an intersectional understanding of diversity while building institutional capacity for a pluralistic society. 
  • Supports understanding, credibility, viability and sustainability. 
  • Enables 一本道无码 to better live its values and maximize success via specific pillars that underpin strategic diversity plans.
The development of a Framework for Inclusive Excellence embarked on a process that considers a decentralized structure in addition to the differing organizational culture among colleges, divisions and disciplines and the specific challenges and opportunities in environments across the university — all to create a sense of shared and collective ownership of the final product. In addition, it merged the work of higher education scholar , the , the previous philosophy and work of, and the.
Yes, the Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer will facilitate a process in collaboration with Academic Diversity Officers (ADOs) and DEI Leads within the academic and administrative units to support the DEIB strategic plan mapping and utilizing a tracking tool.
While many institutions have DEIB plans or principles, few have effectively implemented comprehensive Frameworks for Inclusive Excellence. 一本道无码 has the opportunity to lead in this area among peer and aspirant institutions by developing a meaningful framework, implementing it with intentionality, and setting a benchmark in higher education as a leader among our peers. Examples include the , , , ,, and the .
The Framework is a dynamic document that adapts to evolving higher education environments and responds to changing sociopolitical and sociocultural environments. Its longevity requires ongoing collaboration so that it aligns with our current DEIB goals and values while remaining flexible to meet changing conditions and aspirations.

References

  • . (2021, April 29). Association of American Colleges & Universities.
  • Smith, D. G. (2009). Diversity’s Promise for Higher Education (Third Edition). Amsterdam University Press.