Confronting Racism Framework

To create and foster an inclusive environment and culture that supports:

• Equipping effective future leaders with the knowledge and skills to work across differences and use that to problem solve, challenge assumptions and provide impactful solutions.
• Recruiting, providing an excellent education to, and graduating a diverse student body.
• Recruiting, retaining and fostering the careers of diverse faculty and staff.
• Rigorous research and analysis that address inequities and effective strategies for positive change 

• We value diversity and inclusion along, but not limited to, the dimensions of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic  background, and political ideology.
• We recognize that building an inclusive school, with a diverse student body and diverse faculty and staff, is essential to our mission, our ability to have impact, and to prepare our students to change the world.
• We recognize the need to address systemic racism and other forms of systemic discrimination, understand their histories and inequitable consequences, and develop effective corrective responses.
• Dismantling racism is a long term effort requiring active engagement of broad input and participation; and this is a living document that will require continual development.

TEACHING & LEARNING

• Develop curriculum and programming that address institutional, structural, and interpersonal racism and inequality, and foster equity and inclusion.
• Leverage existing work from academic faculty and research centers addressing racial and social justice.

CREATING A DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT

• Identify and implement effective strategies to recruit a diverse community of faculty, staff and students; develop metrics to support transparency and accountability.
• Create opportunities for the McCourt community to convene, converse and take action to address racism and inequality.  
• Develop skills and structures that foster open and equitable participation.

PARTNERSHIPS

• Continue building collaborations with  institutions and organizations supporting diversity and inclusion.
• Continue and expand pipeline programs.
• Strengthen our partnership with National Urban Fellows.
• Continue to seek out and build philanthropic partnerships rooted in a shared commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. 

IMPACT

• Support rigorous research, policy development  and community engagement that address racism and inequality and advance racial and social justice.