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CISA’s Inclusion Committee

Purpose statement

The purpose of the College Inclusion Committee is to help the college support diversity, equity and inclusion in all its work, programs, degrees, courses, hiring practices, centers and related activities, including community outreach. It provides oversight, feedback, and guidance on ways the college can support and encourage diverse students, staff, and faculty. It is the primary body that provides guidance and oversight on all college policies and practices in which there are issues of equity or inclusion of minoritized groups (e.g., groups determined by race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, language practices, and disability). While its charges may change and evolve over time, it will review such things as the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts Academic Affairs Policies and Procedures Manual, hiring policies and outcomes, teaching observation practices and policies, merit and retention practices, faculty and staff demographics, graduation rates and student performance in academic units and individual courses.

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Key / Highlighted Projects

CISA in Community 2023-2025

The CISA Inclusion Committee invites everyone to join us in our efforts to build community in CISA. Specifically, we are thinking about how support is essential to creating and sustaining a community. Our ASU Charter calls for us to work in ways that “assume fundamental responsibility for the communities we serve” and we hope that the coming years are particularly generative in responding to that call. 

The CISA Inclusion Committee is dedicated to promoting inclusivity on all levels. We seek to uplift one another, to learn what you need to feel supported, and to identify the different sources of support that can make us an even better CISA community. 

To that end, we have created three areas of support that will be the focus of our CISA in Community initiative:

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Good Ideas Hub

We are open to your feedback, and we will be working on different support mechanisms that demonstrate our commitment to the community we are building together. We believe that healthy relationships, institutions, and workplaces, replete with support will foster a thriving sense of belonging and inclusion in CISA! To offer feedback, please visit the CISA Good Ideas Hub.

Contact

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the CISA Inclusion Committee or its current projects, please reach out to Associate Dean of Inclusion and Student Success, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez.