Goal #1
Develop curriculum that describes the DEIS role and responsibility in the discipline
Benchmark/Best Practices (where possible):
UG: Use ABET’s report on ~100 programs across ~25 institutions that participated in ABET’s DEI pilot. G: Short survey with peer and aspirational institutions/leaders in this space to determine best practice
Projected Outcomes from Baseline:
- All UG programs will include a DEIS awareness content appropriate to their discipline in the curriculum. Timeline: Fall 2023–Spring 2026
- All graduate programs will include a DEIS awareness content appropriate to their discipline in the curriculum. Timeline: Fall 2023–Spring 2026
Action Items: For Outcome 1
- Using ABET DEIS Self-Study Report Pilot Supplements, Identify courses and topics that include DEIS component. Timeline: Fall 2023
- Program survey 5 peer/aspirational programs to determine what they do/not do. Timeline: Fall 2023
- Develop a curriculum map: Each program identify a course(s), DEIS topics to include in the course. Timeline: Fall 2024
- Programs deliver revised curriculum in 2024-2025. Timeline: AY 2024–2025
- Program assess the curriculum. Timeline: Fall 2025
- Revise the curriculum. Timeline: Spring 2026
Action Items: For Outcome 2
- Program survey 5 peer/aspirational programs to determine what they do/not do. Timeline: Fall 2023
- Each program survey the graduate courses to determine which if any courses include DEIS appropriate to their discipline. Timeline: Fall 2023
- Develop a curriculum map: Each program identify a course(s), DEIS topics to include in the course. Timeline: Spring 2024
- Programs deliver revised curriculum in 2024-2025. Timeline: AY 2024–2025
- Program assess the curriculum. Timeline: Fall 2025
- Revise the curriculum. Timeline: Spring 2026
Goal #2
Improve sense of belonging in COE learning environments
Benchmark/Best Practices (where possible):
Review peer institutions to determine actions take in COE courses to improve sense of belonging
Projected Outcomes from Baseline:
- Improve inclusion and sense of belonging within our student population as indicated by student rating of instructor survey questions Timeline: Fall 2023–Spring 2027
Action Items: For Outcome 1
- Work with CTL to develop a streamlined report by department to obtain baseline data. Timeline: Fall 2023
- Use the students response from 2022–2023 survey questions to develop a baseline. Timeline: Fall 2023
- Survey 5 peer/aspirational institutions to determine what they do. Timeline: Spring 2024
- Share compiled survey response with faculty. Timeline: Spring 2024
- Based on needs identified in survey responses, the department, in collaboration with DEI/ODI, will develop professional development activities. Timeline: Spring 2024
- Departments/programs Deliver professional development activities to support faculty development of sense of belonging in their classrooms/program. Timeline: AY 2024–2025
- Readminister survey Gather survey data from F2023, Sp2024,F2024, Sp2025. Timeline: Spring 2025
- Review student data to determine the impact of professional development activities. Timeline: Fall 2025
- Revise professional development activities. Timeline: Spring 2026
- Redeliver professional development activities. Timeline: AY 2026–2027