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Note: This document is being continually updated. It's difficult to summarize the complexity of these documents and the processes by which they evolve in a just a few sentences, but I will try my best to keep things concise. If you notice any errors or omissions, please let me know at dyong@hmc.edu. The changes made to a document often included more than just the sections I highlighted. There are other ways that the faculty governing documents can be revised to support greater equity and inclusivity besides looking at the criteria for reappointment and promotion.
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Institution Name
Link to Relevant Documents
Locations of DEI-Related CriteriaCriteria "Structure"NotesWhen Implemented by the InstitutionWhen I Accessed Those Documents
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Harvey Mudd College
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bNNmVueX3XUkI7W9JLpYlKmUylkdYnWCzKlVTZL7gcU/
Section 4.4.1, 4.4.3 Items #1 and #3Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateIn 2006: Section 4.4.3 amended to include "Ability as a teacher" and "service to the institution" as two DEI-related examples in a list of potential activities.
In 2022: Faculty approved to include new language in Section 4.4.1 that makes equitable and inclusive teaching a requirement for everyone: "Effective teaching requires, among other characteristics, equitable and inclusive engagement of all students." Additionally, "In all three areas, efforts that advance diversity, equity, or inclusivity at the college, in the faculty member’s discipline, or in society are valued by the College." 		2006 and 2022
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Pomona College
https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-handbook.pdf
Section B, Items A.4 and CStandard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirate"Fostering an inclusive classroom" is one of four listed areas under teaching, and competence is expected of everyone for all four. And, there is recognition of service activity "that creates and enhances the pathways of success and inclusion for underrepresented students." Also, the change to their notebook made the news https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/23/pomona-moves-make-diversity-commitment-tenure-requirement https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/06/when-diversity-and-inclusion-are-tenure-requirements/485057/ 2016June 2020
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Whitman College
https://www.whitman.edu/provost/faculty-governance/faculty-code
See Faculty Code Ch 1, Sec 3, A.1.c & A.3.bStandard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateFor "excellence in teaching", "all of the following items are essential to meet the criterion"--this means that all faculty must meet the standard for inclusivity in. For service, there is a list of service-related activities that can be considered. Dec 2015June 2020
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Willamette University, Salem, OR
(College of Arts and Sciences)
https://willamette.edu/offices/policies/faculty.html
Section 3.3.1, C, 1., a. iii. and c. ii.
(handbook is behind password, they are happy to share their notebook language upon request)		Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateAll faculty are expected to meet a set of criteria listed under "teaching effectiveness and growth as a teacher"; one of those items is about inclusive teaching practices. In the service section, "it is expected that all faculty members will"..."contribute to activities that support inclusion, equity, and access..." Willamette and Whitman are in the Northwest 5 Consortium and the Whitman Faculty Code influenced what Willamette implemented.2019June 2020
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University of California system
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-210.pdf
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/academic-personnel-policy/policy-issuances-and-guidelines/policy-issuances-2010-present.html
See APM - 210 - d (2), (3), and (4)Standard Teaching, Scholarship (Research, Creative Work, Professional Competence and Activity), Service triumvirateFor scholarship and professional activity, works that advance equity in one's field are explicitly valued. Service activities that further "diversity and equal opportunity" are also valued. It doesn't appear that all faculty are expected to do these things, only that these things are valued.July 1, 2015June 2020
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
https://chancellor.wisc.edu/blog/addressing-racial-inequities-on-campus/
??? blog post indicates that changes were just made to tenure guidelines to recognize "the importance of community engaged scholarship and scholarly activities in support of DEI"
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University of Oregon
https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/content/faculty-equity-statements-tenure-promotion-and-review
Article 20, Sec 8, p. 32 (https://hr.uoregon.edu/employee-labor-relations/supervisor-toolkit/performance-management/faculty/article-20.-tenure-review) and Article 19, Sec 11, p. 4Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateAll faculty are required to include information on their contributions to "institutional equity and inclusion" in their personal statements for review, tenure, and promotion (includes the 3rd-year review). The department/committee that is preparing materials on behalf of the candidate is also required to include information about this. The statement can touch on service, research, and/or teaching. Agreement was reached between University of Oregon and United Academic in Oct 2013.Oct 2013Aug 2020
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Pierce College (Puyallup, WA)
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Roosevelt University, College of Arts and Science
(internal document)
III. Service
A. Service to the Department, the College, and the University
8. "Performing special service on the basis of racial, gender, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or sexual difference"
Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateRTP guidelines provide an illustrative list of 17 things that could be included under "Service to the Department, College, and University". The 8th items on this list acknowledges that people may engage in more service activities because of their group membership. Prior to the change in 2016 there was a descriptive paragraph, but no illustrative list.Feb 2016Sep 2020
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Humboldt State University (part of CSU)
https://hraps.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/docs/guidelinespreparationupdatedpds-june2019.pdf
Appendix J: "Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures for Retention, Tenure, and Promotion"
In particular, see Section IX "Areas of Performance for RTP" and Item B.
Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirate, but there is explicit mention of the five dimensions of scholarship from Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered (discovery, integration, application, teaching, and engagement)New language added: "All faculty are expected to create inclusive learning environments and ensure that students are provided with an [sic] equitable opportunities for success. Faculty may make contributions toward equity and inclusion in scholarly/creative activities and service aspects of their duties." Examples of inclusive teaching practices are provided. Faculty are expected to participate in professional development activities thta lead to greater "understanding and working toward equity-minded teaching practices." Examples of equity-oriented service activities are listed. Note the handy definitions of "diversity", "equity", "racial equity", and "equity-mindedness" in Appendix J.May 2019Sep 2020
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Kenyon College
https://www.kenyon.edu/offices-and-services/office-of-human-resources/policies-handbooks/faculty-handbook/2-0-employment-policies-and-procedures/2-4-faculty-evaluation/
Section 2.4: Faculty EvaluationStandard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirate"Woven into each of these criteria [teaching excellence, scholastic and artistic engagement, collegiate citizenship] is a commitment to fostering an open, respectful, supportive, accessible, and inclusive community of learners." Examples of such activities are listed under each category.July 2019Jan 2021
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Bowdoin College
https://www.bowdoin.edu/academic-affairs/shared-governance/faculty-handbook.html
Section IV "Policies and Procedures Governing Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure, and Faculty Evaluation"
Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateTeaching criterion for tenure and promotion changed from "excelled in teaching" to "demonstrate inclusive excellence in teaching"; set of six "factors" to help reviewers evaluate inclusive excellence holistically. Will take effect in the 2022-23 academic year.March 2021May 2021
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Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
https://academicaffairs.iupui.edu/Faculty-Affairs/PromotionTenure/ptreviewupdate/
(web link to the left)Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirate; but with choices for whether faculty are highly focused in one of these areas or on all of them in a balanced wayNew "pathway" for faculty promotion created called "Balanced-Integrative DEI case" in which faculty must demonstrate how integrated scholarly activities line up with DEI. Other pathways include "Tenure Track Research", "Tenure Track Teaching", "Tenure Track Service", "Tenure Track Balanced", among others.May 2021June 2021
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Smith College
https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/provost/faculty-record-sheet
https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/provost/reappointment-tenure-promotion
Standard Teaching, Scholarship, Service triumvirateSmith faculty must complete a Faculty Record Sheet annually. That sheet was modified in Nov 2021 to explicit invite faculty to share their work to advance equity and inclusion (in teaching and service categories). RTP documents themselves were not modified at that time.Mar 2024Nov 2021
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