CASE STUDY
Creating an Actionable Equity Plan
Willingness to be vulnerable is one of the most important, and rarest, leadership kills—and a critical one to making progress toward racial justice on campus. Santa Monica College (SMC) models that courageous vulnerability, demonstrated in their exemplary equity plan that acknowledges past equity challenges as the foundation for a strong path forward. CUE worked with SMC to identify and explain six key elements of their plan that make it so actionable.
THE PROBLEM:
Well-intentioned college equity plans that lack the specificity to drive change
THE SOLUTION:
An actionable plan with a clear stance on racial equity and an approach to cultural change
Strategic plans that are stuck at the level of rhetoric are all too common—but SMC broke this pattern with an exemplary student equity plan. This report presents six key elements of that plan which make it exemplary, as explored by CUE:
Embrace a Focus on Racial Equity
Accept Racial Inequity as a Problem of Institutional Performance
Incorporate the Use of Inquiry to Remediate Practice
Focus Inward on Cultural Change Through Equity-Focused Professional Development
Use Equity-Minded Language in Documents and Daily Practice
Implement Equity-Minded Data Use and Assessment
This report also includes a checklist for reviewing your own equity plan.
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CREATING AN ACTIONABLE EQUITY PLAN
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Examples from SMC’s equity plan with explorations of what makes it exemplary and actionable.