Campus Priority
Racial and social justice issues are urgent priorities for colleges and universities. Campuses are accelerating efforts to promote evidence-based reforms to make their institutions more equitable and inclusive for all students, staff, and faculty.
Initiative
Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM builds the capacity and efficacy of individuals and teams in exploring the root sources, unwritten codes, and systemic origins of the underrepresentation of minoritized groups in STEM.
Initiative
AAC&U is partnering with higher education institutions to develop Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers to prepare the next generation of leaders to break down systemic racism and dismantle belief in a hierarchy of human value.
Initiative
In recognition of the growing importance of religious identity, diversity, and equity on the national and global stage, AAC&U is partnering with Interfaith America to advance interfaith cooperation as a learning goal and practice on campuses.
About AAC&U
The Inclusive Excellence Commission complements Inclusive Excellence: Engaging All Students in Science, an HHMI initiative that challenges US institutions to substantially and sustainably increase their capacity for the inclusion of all students.
Conference\
AAC&U’s 2023 Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference: Can We Handle Truth? explores truth by critically examining existing narratives & lived experiences from our diverse student and educator populations, community partners, and policymakers
Conference\
The Innovation Imperative: Empowering, Celebrating, and Rewarding Campus Change Agents
On-Demand Webinar\
Discuss strategies your institution can take to address the inequity, explore the Digital Equity Act, and more.
Research\
Findings from a national survey of higher education professionals across campus roles and institutional types
Publication\
This publication provides individuals an overview of the methodology, tools, and resources needed to facilitate and engage in the Rx Racial Healing approach for transformational change in colleges, organizations, and communities.
Publication\
Focusing on the work of the Interfaith Leadership in Higher Education Initiative, a partnership between AAC&U and Interfaith Youth Core, this publication showcases institutional efforts to strengthen commitments to interfaith teaching and learning.
Conference\
The conference will focus on reimagining curricular structures, pedagogical approaches, and assessment methods in order truly to make quality and equity the hallmarks of excellence in undergraduate education in service to democracy.
Conference\
This conference will go beyond the rhetoric and prioritize campus strategies, institutional culture, and accountability in operationalizing the values of equity and diversity.