DEIJA UNIVERSITY-WIDE

FALL WELCOME RECEPTION

Monroe France

Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ)�Professor of Practice, Tisch College

Tufts University

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Provost and Senior Vice President

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Caroline Genco, PhD

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WELCOME REMARKS

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Angela Davis Quote

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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• Observations & Reflections
• The Future of Diversity & Inclusion
• Current & Shifting Landscape in Higher Education
• Our Work Ahead at Tufts University
• General University & Office Updates

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OBSERVATIONS & REFLECTIONS

Ongoing Learning Journey

Ongoing Learning Journey

Cyclical

Iterative

Collaborative

Intentional

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MANY CONVERSATIONS SINCE DECEMBER 2022

UNIVERSITY-WIDE GROUPS

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• Administrative Units
• Alumni
• Board Members
• Current and Former Presidents
• Deans
• DSDI Directors
• External Constituents
• Faculty + Chairs
• Faculty Senate
• Former Tufts Leaders
• Individual ADDI Meetings and Convenings
• Student Leaders
• School Leadership
• University Leadership

OVER 350

OVER 50

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Building on a foundation and New possibilities going forward

• A lot of great work already happening
• Deep curiosity; thirst for greater learning
• Desire to make good impact in the world
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Supportive community
• Understanding that more leadership is needed in this space
• Desire for greater alignment

NEW POSSIBILITIES GOING FORWARD

• Focus on intersectionality in conjunction with racial justice efforts
• Greater community engagement
• Increased scale of DEIJA efforts
• Institutional-wide DEIJA narrative
• More intentional and strategic alignment
• Greater need to recognize and honor those doing this work
• Strive for transparency and communication (closing the loop)
• Move from crisis model to strategic and intentional model

BUILDING ON A FOUNDATION

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THE FUTURE OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Global DEIJA

GLOBAL

DIVERSITY

EQUITY

INCLUSION

JUSTICE

ACCESS

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DEIJA Definition

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Accessibility and Intersectionality

Giving equitable access to everyone along the continuum of human ability and experience. Accessibility encompasses the broader meanings of compliance and refers to how organizations make space for the characteristics that each person brings.

ACCESSIBILITY

- American Alliance of Museums, retrieved from: https://www.aam-us.org/programs/diversity-equity-accessibility-and-inclusion/facing-change-definitions/

Framework to understand how multiple power dynamics and systems of oppression are operating simultaneously—often in complex and compounding ways—and must be considered together in order to have a more complete understanding of a person or a social group’s experiences in the world.

INTERSECTIONALITY

- Kimberlé Crenshaw: On Intersectionality; retrieved from https://youtu.be/-DW4HLgYPlA?si=Ez23hNJvDRLaF5Kx

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SHIFTING NOMENCLATURE

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Anti-racism vs. Racial Equity

ANTI- RACISM

RACIAL EQUITY

Process Practice

Transformation

Accountability

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RACIAL EQUITY

The process of eliminating racial disparities and improving outcomes for everyone. It is the intentional and continual practice of evaluating structural practices and changing policies, systems, and structures by prioritizing measurable change in the lives of people of color and those from ethnically underrepresented groups.

Adapted from Race Forward, retrieved from: https://www.raceforward.org/what-racial-equity-0

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Moving Toward Inclusive Excellence

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

ANTI- RACISM

RACIAL EQUITY

Process Practice

Transformation

Accountability

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GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY

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Generational Values and Differences

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CURRENT & SHIFTING LANDSCAPE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

SHIFTING LOCAL & GLOBAL DYNAMICS

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• AI/Robotics/Automation
• Affirmative Action
• Assault on Culturally Responsive Teaching, CRT, and DEIJ in Education
• Big Data, ChatGPT, Metaverse
• Climate Change + Environmental Justice + Sustainability
• Contemporary Colonialism
• Cost of Higher Education
• Decline of Traditional Forms of Secondary and Postsecondary Education
• Diversification of Markets
• Future Pandemics
• Global Conflict and Turmoil
• Global Mobility + Shifting Migration Patterns
• Globalization
• Greater Integration of Tech
• Gun Violence
• Hi Flex/Work Life Integration
• Increased Accessibility, Accommodations, and Awareness of Cognitive Diversity
• Increase of People with Dementia in Workplace
• Industry Extinctions

• Intergenerational Diversity
• Intersectionality
• Leadership Crisis (New Leadership Models)
• Legislative Attacks on Trans Communities
• Life Beyond Earth
• Longer Life Expectancy
• New Currencies
• New Jobs + Trades
• Political Campaigning and Impact on Communities
• Population Shifts and Growth
• Redefining Gender/Anti-Trans movements
• Reimagining Education (K-12 + higher)
• Reimagining Racial and Ethnic Categories
• Scrutiny Around Legacy Admits and Hiring
• Social Turmoil
• Strategic Partnerships (Cross Sectors and Globally)
• Turbulent Money Markets/Economic Crises
• Urbanization
• Widening Gender Gap in Teaching and Leadership Roles
• And more….???

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CURRENTLY ON THE FOREFRONT

• Affirmative Action and Inclusive Access
• Assault on Culturally Responsive Teaching, CRT, and DEIJ
• Attack on Bodily Justice and Women’s Rights
• Cost of Higher Education
• Decreasing Confidence in Higher Education
• Global Conflict, War, and Turmoil
• Legislative Attacks on Trans Communities
• Political Campaigning and Impact on Communities
• Rise of Discrimination based on Religion
• Scrutiny Around Legacy Admits and Hiring
• Turbulent Job Markets/Economic Crises
• Widening Gender Gap in Teaching/Leadership Roles

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DECLINING PERCEPTION OF HIGHER ED

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SHIFTING ENROLLMENT TRENDS

• Undergraduate enrollment in U.S. down 9.8% between 2010 and 2020; expected to further decline in upcoming decade

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• Enrollment is becoming increasingly racially diverse on a national level

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• Global population of students enrolling outside their home country has tripled

- National Center for Education Data Statistics, retrieved from: https://educationdata.org/college-enrollment-statistics

- Fortune, retrieved from: https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/american-skipping-college-huge-numbers-pandemic-turned-them-off-education

- Education Week, retrieved from: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/numbers-of-high-school-graduates-expected-to-decline-stagnate-report-says/2016/12

- UNESCO, 2022 World Higher Education Conference, retrieved from: https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/f_unesco1015_brochure_web_en.pdf

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SKYROCKETING GLOBAL ENROLLMENT

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Total number of students in higher education is expected to reach more than 594 million by 2040 – up from roughly 250 million in 2020.

- ICEF

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SHIFTING INT’L STUDENT ENROLLMENT

- UNESCO, 2022 World Higher Education Conference, retrieved from: https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/f_unesco1015_brochure_web_en.pdf

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• Changes in methodology for determining rankings
• Emphasis on outcomes, social mobility, and accessibility as key factors
• Ranking for some private institutions decreased while it increased for some public institutions
• Large determinant for increase tied to measure of greater socioeconomic diversity

REIMAGINING OF RANKINGS

- Inside Higher Ed, Rankled by Rankings, retrieved from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/09/22/us-news-rankings-changes-spur-complaints-and-apologies

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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION?

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OUR WORK AHEAD AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Institutional Inclusice Excellence Framework

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ADVANCING INSTITUTIONAL

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

EMBEDDED

PRIORITIZED

EXPERTISE

ACTION

ACCOUNTABILITY

- Monroe France

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LEVELS OF ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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INTERPERSONAL

INDIVIDUAL

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INSTITUTIONAL

STRUCTURAL

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ADVANCING INSTITUTIONAL INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

Developing

PEOPLE & LEADERS

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Informing & Advancing

POLICIES & PRACTICES

2

Creating & Expanding

RESOURCES & RESEARCH

3

4

Designing Community-Targeted Educational

PROGRAMS & COMMUNITIES

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OVP DEIJ STRATEGIC PRIORITIES (ONGOING)

• Accessibility and Neurodiversity
• Alumni Engagement
• Capacity Building for ADDIs/DEIJ Professionals
• Climate Assessment and Strategic Goal Setting
• Collaborative Research and Inclusive Innovation
• Creating Infrastructure and Strategic Vision
• Cross and Intergenerational Engagement & Diversity
• Environmental Justice and Climate
• Faculty Diversification, Development, and Retention
• Gender and Sexuality
• Global and International Diversity
• Inclusive Access
• Inclusive Leadership on All Levels
• Indigeneity and Indigenous Education
• Inter/Cross-Cultural and Restorative Dialogues
• Racial Equity and Justice
• Recognition and Appreciation
• Religious and Spiritual Diversity and Inclusion
• Staff Development, Inclusive Leadership, and Growth
• Strategic & External Partnership Development
• Student Recruitment, Retention, Research, and Scholarship

• In Collaboration
• Grounded in Research
• Generative & Sustainable
• Scale & Alignment

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ANCHORING THE WORK…

VALUES

• Asset and Strengths Based
• Co-Creation
• Design Thinking
• Generative and Emergent
• Impact and Data Driven
• Innovative Excellence
• Interdisciplinary and Cross Sector
• Intersectional
• Sustainable Growth and Transformation
• Transparency and Accountability

CORE PRINCIPLES

• Inclusive excellence is academic and institutional excellence
• Inclusive leadership (on all levels) is core
• Innovation is catalyzed by greater DEIJA
• Our diversity is our asset and strength
• Partnerships and collaboration produce better outcomes
• Strategic alignment strengthens and builds capacity
• Work is grounded in research, data, and best practices informed by cross-industry and cross-disciplinary emerging trends
• Work must be grounded in Joy and Liberation

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FOCI

• Community Development & Engagement
• Education and Resource Development
• Growth and Retention
• Leadership Development
• Policy Guidance
• Research and Innovation
• Strategic Partnerships (internal, external, global)

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…IN JOY, LIBERATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, & TRANSPARENCY

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GENERAL UPDATES

GENERAL UNIVERSITY UPDATES

• Climate Assessments and Recommendations
• Faculty Cluster Hires (CCTS)
• Inclusive Leadership
• Racial Equity Funding (Anti-Racism Funding)
• SCOTUS Decision on Affirmative Action and Inclusive Access

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EXCITING UPDATES!

ADVANCING INSTITUTIONAL INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

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• Aligns with inclusive excellence in teaching, learning, and research
• Aspirational, actionable, and still inclusive of advancing DEIJA work
• Emphasizes the interrelatedness of institutional excellence and inclusive excellence
• Advances intentional and strategic alignment of DEIJA work and efforts
• Contributes to an institutional narrative consistent with advancing DEIJA
• Situated within the Office of the Provost; centering this work at the core of the institution

TAKING ACTION TOGETHER

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MEET THE OIIE TEAM!

Lisa Bloom

Program Administrator

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Lisa Fenn

Director of Strategic Projects & Partnerships

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Monroe France

VP for Institutional Inclusive Excellence

Tiffany House

Associate Director for Inclusive Faculty Engagement

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Rikki Morrow-Spitzer

Associate Director for Inclusive Student Development and Excellence

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Jasmine Raynor

Executive Assistant

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Chris Swan

Special Advisor to VP

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Student Team of 5 Graduate Assistants

Assistant and Associate Deans for Diversity & Inclusion (ADDIs)

EMERGING ROLES

• Assistant Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence
• Associate Provost for Staff & Administrative Excellence
• Director of Inclusive Learning & Development
• Director for Inclusive & Restorative Dialogues

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OIIE APPROACH TO OUR WORK

• Consultants
• Collaborative Thought Partners
• Educators
• Strategists
• Community Builders
• Co-Learners

TAKING ACTION TOGETHER

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HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

• Share key takeaways with friends and colleagues
• Reflect on ways you can help create a culture of inclusion in your everyday spaces
• Find books, articles, or videos to learn more about DEIJA topics
• Attend an upcoming OIIE workshop or event
• Share your thoughts by completing feedback form

TAKING ACTION!

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SELECT FOUNDATIONAL BOOKS & RESEARCH

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

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• November 2 (4:00-5:30 p.m.): Faculty Welcome Reception
• November 6 (12:00-1:30 p.m.): Inclusive Teaching Seminar Series Kick-off: Reimagining Higher Education for the 21st Century with Dr. Chandani Patel
• November 7 (5:30-7:00 p.m.): Faculty Diversity Dinner with Dr. Kendra Field & Dr. Chris Swan
• November 8 (2:00-6:00 p.m.): Slavery, Colonialism, and Their Legacies at Tufts: An Introduction to the SCL Project
• December 7 (6:30 p.m.): Tufts Table (in partnership with TCU Senate)
• February 6 (12:00-1:30 p.m.): Inclusive Teaching Seminar Series with Dr. Liza Talusan

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Our diversity is our asset and our strength
• Joy, Liberation, Accountability, and Transparency are foundational in this work
• Co-creation and strategic alignment strengthens and builds capacity
• Moving towards racial equity and intersectionality as driving frameworks
• Inclusive excellence is inseparable from academic and institutional excellence, it must be embedded and prioritized across the institution and requires sustained action
• This work takes all of us taking action towards advancing institutional inclusive excellence

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CONNECT WITH US

CONNECT:

• Office of Institutional Inclusive Excellence (OIIE)
• diversity@tufts.edu
• https://diversity.tufts.edu/
• Monroe France
• Monroe.France@tufts.edu
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/monroefrance

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Let’s co-create change:

• Let us know your thoughts and feedback at: https://go.tufts.edu/OIIEfeedback

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