This accountability framework was developed in collaboration with numerous stakeholders, including colleagues from the Office of Inclusion & Equity, NYU’s Office of Global Inclusion, and the Implementation Committee on Race, Diversity, and Belonging, (which has now transitioned to the Inclusion, Equity, and Action Committee). Actions and measures were also informed by more than twenty listening sessions conducted with community groups across campus in October 2020 by the Implementation Committee, as well as the Our NYUAD, Journey to Belonging Campus Climate Survey.
The framework was launched in Spring 2021, including a launch event with Vice Chancellor Westermann , the Senior Director of the Office of Inclusion and Equity, and the Implementation Committee co-chairs.
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1 Accountability frameworks are a common paradigm from big consulting firms. In terms of inclusion, diversity, belonging, and equity (IDBE), several frameworks were considered, but the concepts here came from work found at the City of Portland, Oregon in the United States.
* While this specific action item is completed, the work is ongoing and training will continue to be developed and provided
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2 Worthington, R. L., Stanley, C. A., & Smith, D. G. (2020). “Advancing the professionalization of diversity officers in higher education: Report of the Presidential Task Force on the Revision of the NADOHE standards of professional practice.” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 13(1), pp. 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000175
*We recognize that IDBE is necessarily an ongoing progress, so while this commitment could be said to be completed for the given time period, it is being transitioned into the new commitments.
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1 Worthington, R. L., Stanley, C. A., & Smith, D. G. (2020). “Advancing the professionalization of diversity officers in higher education: Report of the Presidential Task Force on the Revision of the NADOHE standards of professional practice.” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 13(1), pp. 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000175
OIE partnered with OGI to ensure trainings such as Safe Zone, Justice Zone, and Disability Zone are customized for the NYUAD audience — videos and training materials are currently in development in New York.
*The learning modules themselves are still in-progress. While NYU Abu Dhabi will require them for students when they are launched, a number of departments have introduced other mandatory IDBE requirements for students to ensure that the goals of this commitment are achieved even as the learning modules themselves still come into being.
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3 In order to begin the process of how we measure our campus populations, here are some tools: Be Equal - IBM, United Nations Statistics, NYUAD Diversity Data Overview Summer 2020.
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*This commitment was created in response to a specific student request in 2020, and has been adapted for the new commitments to continue to support Black students and other minoritized groups through appropriate and impactful structures, while following their lead on what Student Interest Groups (SIGs) or associations they want to create.
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*Many of these measures have been completed while recognizing that there is still more that can be done to ensure equitable and inclusive practices and furthering a culture of belonging. Performance evaluation, promotion, vendor selection, and hiring are all reflected in the new commitments.
4 Human Resources and OIE — Inclusive Frameworks
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* While this specific action item is completed, the work is ongoing and training will continue to be developed and provided.
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