Equity 2030 Goals
Equity 2030 sets clear targets to eliminate disparities across student outcomes by 2030, addressing key areas like retention and graduation rates for underrepresented students.
Equity by Design
The heart of Equity 2030, this initiative ensures that curriculum, policies and practices are designed with equity in mind. It’s a bold, student-centered approach to closing equity gaps through data-informed action, collaboration, and equity-minded leadership. This method drives lasting, institution-wide change by rethinking policies, programs, and practices to truly support every student.
Equity by Design in Practice:
These principles help campuses create student-centered, equity-focused systems by shaping everyday decisions, strategies, and practices.
According to the work of Bensimon, Dowd, Witham (2016), and the Center for Urban Education, there are five key principles for building the infrastructure necessary to enact Equity by Design.
- Principle 1: Provide clarity in language, goals, and measures.
- Principle 2: Center the workaround equity-mindedness.
- Principle 3: Ensure practices and policies are designed to account for and accommodate contextual differences in student learning among different groups.
- Principle 4: Disaggregate data, monitor patterns, and enact systems for continual learning. Institutional change requires ongoing commitment and the capacity to learn from failure.
- Principle 5: Institutional commitment to equity work must be embedded as a foundational principle for the college or university.