Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at MiraCosta College

1. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at MiraCosta College February 25, 2017

2. Board Policy 3400: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 1.Welcoming and Inclusive Environment2.Student Engagement3.Professional Development & Hiring Practices4.Student Learning in the Classroom Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

3. Welcoming and Inclusive Environment • Events: • Dr. Cornell West • Marcus Engel • Monthly Showing of International Films Focused on Diverse Subjects: • Guten Tag Ramon • Samba • A Better Life • Index Zero • Cultural Events Celebrating: • African Americans • Hispanics • Pacific Islanders • LGBTQIA Community • Training: • Safe Space • Vet Ally • Community Events: • Barrio Empowerment • United Black Student Conference • Access Conferences: • SPECTRUM • Mana Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

4. Student Engagement • Student Clubs and Affinity Groups (~17): • Ethnicity • Gender • Social Justice • Veterans • Cultural • Academic Success and Equity Programs: • Umoja • Puente • Mana • RAFFY (Resources & Assistance for Former Foster Youth) • FYF (First Year Forward) • New Social Justice & Equity Center: • Student Research: • Student Equity Fellows Program Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

5. Professional Development • Search Committee Members Participated in Implicit Bias Training by Dr. Kimberly Papillon • Two Equity Retreats Held in 2016: • To broaden understanding of implicit bias • To create a structure through which the college can systematically review its practices and policies to ensure equity • PADEI Revitalized: • New Leadership • Day-Long Cultural Competency Training Offered Spring 2017 Flex Week • Professional Development Offerings Grew in 2016-17 (32): • To leverage the student equity and AtD work through building a greater understanding of diverse populations • DEq Committee Renamed DEqCC (Diversity, Equity and Cultural Competency) Committee: • Charged to create and implement programming to enhance culturally relevant teaching and learning Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

6. Hiring Practices • EEO Plan Updated Regularly: • Employee demographic is slightly more diverse than the community served by the college and also reflects the student body • EEO Data Shows: • Rather than eliminating diversity through the screening and interviewing process, the college is now enriching for diversity through the hiring process. The result? Increased diversity in those hired! • Of the 32 faculty hired in the last two years, 47% are ethnically diverse • Fall 2016, the district engaged faculty, in partnership with human resources and administrators, in making improvements to the recruitment and selection process with a strong, equity-minded focus. • Changes were made to: • recruitment materials • application materials related to diversity • the selection process • Proposed changes to the travel reimbursement procedures for applicants Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

7. Fall 2016 Employee Demographics Ethnicity Breakdown ofAdministrators Hiring Practices

8. Fall 2016 Employee Demographics Ethnicity Breakdown ofFull-Time Faculty Hiring Practices

9. Fall 2016 Employee Demographics Ethnicity Breakdown ofClassified Staff Hiring Practices

10. Fall 2016 Employee Demographics Ethnicity Breakdown ofAssociate Faculty Hiring Practices

11. Student Learning in the Classroom • Core Competencies • Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) revised to reflect the Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) outcomes created under the Association of American Colleges and Universities: • Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World • Personal and Social Responsibility and Efficacy • Active involvement with real world challenges and diverse environmental, workplace, cultural, and community contexts Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

12. Student Learning in the Classroom • General Education Course Offerings Reflect the Experiences and Perspectives: • Native American Cultures • Mexican American and African American History • Intro to Black Studies • Intro to Chicana/o Studies, Race and Ethnic Relations, • Comparative Cultures • Gender Studies • Intercultural Communication • Chinese Culture • Cultural Anthropology • Identity in Film: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality • Women in Film • Multicultural Roots of American Music • World Music • Dance Cultures of the World • Afro Cuban Dance and Foreign Languages • Associate Degree Focused on Diversity: • Liberal Arts Degree with Emphasis in Multicultural Studies Board’s Goal on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion