Priority and Metrics
- Analyze benchmarks and publish QVCC’s Equity Audit Report.
- Develop proficiency among faculty and staff in tracking, disaggregating, and applying data findings in order to make data-informed decisions that close equity gaps.
- Enhance cultural awareness and recognition programming and events.
- Develop diversity/cultural competency-based coursework and build academic and student resources to support the curriculum.
- Participate in Leading for Change/ Race, Equity and Justice Institute (REJI) and Achieving the Dream Training (ATD).
- Foster opportunities to create stronger connections with and celebration of our Hispanic/ Latinx and other diverse populations.
- Explore opportunities to build international/ study abroad and regional student exchange experiences.
- Grow and emphasize Pledge to Advance Connecticut (PACT) free tuition program and full-time student enrollment to build retention and degree completion.
- QVCC publishes an Equity Audit Report annually focused on the 7 equity pillars, KPI Equity Measures, and makes consistent improvement in each indicator annually.
- All-Staff Meeting professional development trainings are offered on data informed decision making and analysis of equity gaps.
- Faculty and staff survey is conducted and shows increased understanding of how to work with and analyze data.
- Cultural Committee creates an annual cultural awareness and programming calendar of events, increase number of events, increase number and percentage of students and staff who participate in the programming.
- Align curriculum to new CSCC diversity/cultural competencies for general education.
- Identify courses that meet this requirement and additional Increase the number and percentage of staff who are trained by ATD and REJI and decrease rates of affirmative action cases.
- Increase sense of belonging in SENSE and CCSSE in students and employees. Resources are purchased to support diversity in the curriculum.
- Increase partnerships with Hispanic/ Latinx populations, increase enrollment, retention, and completion of Hispanic/ Latinx students.
- Increase Hispanic cultural programming.
- Create new bilingual programming focus in Willimantic.
- Offer international and regional student exchange experiences, study the increase in student retention, and completion who experience one of these exchanges. Increase full-time enrollment numbers and percent.
- Study the impact on degree completion.