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IR for Equity

IR for Equity

Attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education has intensified in recent months on many campuses. Increasingly, institutional leaders acknowledge that advancing social justice requires involving everyone on campus, not only Chief Diversity Officers or those with the explicit charge of promoting equity and inclusion. Like everyone else on campus, institutional research staff have a part to play. One pivotal way IR offices are involved in DEI efforts is in the design and creation of institutional DEI dashboards. These dashboards serve various audiences but have the same underlying goal: to make meaning out of institutional data in order to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at our institutions.