DEI Action Plan
COMMITMENT | CAMPUS LEAD | STATUS |
| Launch a diversity scholarship with the aim of bolstering support for historically underrepresented students. | Enrollment Services | Complete |
| Strengthen connections with Columbus City Schools and other central Ohio districts with large populations of students of color to diversify our enrollment pipeline. | Institutional Engagement | In-Progress |
| Develop targeted strategies and resources to help Black male students overcome common barriers and succeed. | Student Affairs | In-Progress |
| Conduct Diversity, Equity & Inclusion campus climate surveys on a routine basis. | Student Affairs and Human Resources | Complete |
| Regularly update our community on our progress and create opportunities for engagement with alumni, students, and community partners. | Institutional Engagement | In-Progress |
| Diversify the Board of Trustees in terms of race, gender, and sexual orientation and commit to conducting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion training with our trustees. | President's Office | In-Progress |
| Implement targeted recruitment plans with the clearly articulated goal of hiring more faculty, staff, and administrators of color and hold hiring managers accountable for meeting goals. | Human Resources and Academic Affairs | In-Progress |
| Engage in regular anti-oppression pedagogy training for all faculty as well as general cultural competency training for all staff. | Human Resources | Complete |
| Develop new curricular offerings focused on racial literacy and cultural studies as well as issues of justice and equity. Ensure that all students graduate with meaningful exposure to these issues. | Academic Affairs | In-Progress |
| Reexamine and reshape our critique practices to ensure that they support all voices, experiences, and artistic practices, especially those of historically marginalized groups. | Academic Affairs | In-Progress |
| Implement a Bias Incident Response Team to provide a centralized way for students to report concerns about bias incidents on campus and to ensure that appropriate campus leaders are aware and can take action. | Student Affairs and Human Resources | Complete |
| Work with student government and student organization leaders to identify recurring opportunities for student voices to be heard and formalize additional occasions for student participation on various college committees. | Student Affairs | Not Started |
| Work with our identity-based student organizations to increase support for their activities including meetings, events, and exhibitions | Student Affairs | Not Started |
| Conduct a representation analysis of our guest speakers and public events to ensure that our educational experiences with outside artists and designers are reflective of our entire CCAD student body. | Academic Affairs— Graduate Studies | Not Started |