Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Tasks

• Engage faculty, staff and student community members in rights and responsibilities review process.

  • Provide opportunities to submit feedback through conversation (focus groups) as well as through electronic submissions, including anonymous submissions.

  • Create opportunity for community members to review and comment on policy edits prior to their final approval process.

  • Enhance communication with community regarding rights and responsibilities policy review timeline.

  • Identify opportunities to engage students in feedback process once student completes conduct process.

Criteria

• Assessment of focus groups will provide opportunity for feedback regarding perceived community voice and diversity, equity and inclusion components.

• Community participation numbers in review submissions and focus groups and individual meetings.

Tasks

• Student Rights and Community Standards will work with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on enhancing staff member training on implicit bias and anti-racism.

  • Student Rights and Community Standards will increase the number conversations and trainings that currently take place with board members around the issues of implicit bias and anti-racism.

  • Student Rights and Community Standards will increase the number of conversations and trainings for all hearing officers.

Criteria

• Trainings will take place.

• Assessment of trainings will gauge understanding of key concepts and perceptions of diversity, equity and inclusion in Student Rights and Community Standards processes.

Note: This may have financial implications based on training/facilitators. Initial trainings would be in-house or low-cost. In future years, we may look to collaborate with other areas on bringing in outside facilitators.

Tasks

• Student Rights and Community Standards will consistently provide overview conduct data to the broader Brandeis community, including self-identified race and ethnicity data, as it pertains to violation types and numbers.

  • SRCS will work with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to review conduct data as it relates to race/ethnicity.

  • SRCS will work with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to review COVID-related data as it relates to race/ethnicity.

  • SRCS will work with Information Technology Services to create a section on the SRCS website dedicated to annual conduct data, accessible to the broader campus community.

  • SRCS will schedule opportunities to review and provide context to data posted.

  • Additional information/data gathering will take place as necessary if/when trends are noted.

Criteria

• Data is annually posted on SRCS website.

• Opportunities for the community to discuss data are scheduled/take place. 

• Communication plan to highlight access to this information is executed.

• Based on information/trends, SRCS will work with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, other campus departments and community members to develop a plan to adjust as necessary moving forward.

Tasks

• Student Rights and Community Standards will assist in bringing transformative justice practices to Brandeis.

  • SSRCS has worked with a graduate student for the past two years to complete benchmarking with institutions of higher education and craft on-campus relationships with those motivated to move this effort forward.

  • SRCS staff are members of a transformative justice leadership team in ongoing discussion for a pilot program.

  • SRCS staff will actively engage in training and development of staff around transformative justice.

  • SRCS staff will help support pilot program as they navigate new processes on campus.

  • SRCS staff will assist in assessment of pilot program once completed.

Criteria

• Pilot program assessment will include assessment on perceptions of racial diversity and bias as well as additional components related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Transformative justice information shared would highlight its roots being an opportunity to address systemic concerns and repair harms caused.

Note: This component would have financial implications regarding training, staffing, etc.