Cleveland State Community College
Goals
I. Eliminate success gaps for at risk students by 2025
Strategy One: Create a guided pathway for at-risk students.
Tactic 1: Disaggregate the data to identify the students.
Tactic 2: Develop a mentorship program for students from underserved populations.
Tactic 3: Refine Starfish intake questions to help with predictive analytics to identify potential at-risk students.
Strategy Two: Eliminate retention gaps for Pell eligible students by July 1st 2025.
Tactic 1: Expand recruitment of students to increase access to college.
Tactic 2: Expand access to dual enrollment by using multiple measures and re-testing.
Tactic 3: Create a cohort for each targeted population (Pell eligible and African American) and establish a case
management strategy to provide support, engagement, and to create a sense of belonging for students.
Tactic 4: Refine Starfish intake questions to help with predictive analytics to identify potential at-risk students.
Strategy Three: Eliminate 3rd year graduation gaps for African American students by 2025.
Tactic 1: Increase Campus Engagement Opportunities that are inclusive and culturally responsive.
Tactic 2: Increase faculty/staff support for student clubs and campus events
Tactic 3: Invite faculty to give talks or lead activities on campus designed to support strategic social justice goals.
II. Create a campus community that embraces equity, inclusion and social justice
Strategy One: Utilize CCSSE & SENSE data to encourage engagement with student support services and campus involvement.
Tactic 1: Increase faculty/staff support for student clubs and campus events
Tactic 2: Invite faculty to give talks or lead activities on campus
Strategy Two: Infuse the curriculum with inclusive materials and learning opportunities.
Tactic 1: Provide faculty development on how to infuse courses with content/curriculum that presents perspectives from other cultures.
Tactic 2: Provide a statement on equity on the master syllabus.
Tactic 3: Develop a peer-to-peer mentor program.
Strategy Three: Review, amend or create college policies to reflect a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Tactic 1: Create a sub-committee from the Equity team to conduct the audit
Tactic 2: Audit institutional policies to identify systems that do not fully support equity and inclusion.
Tactic 3: Conduct a resource audit, to evaluate and adjust resources that Cleveland State made available to students who are affected by gaps.
Strategy Four: Double the number of non-white employees by 2025.
Tactic 1: Develop an inclusive hiring guide
Tactic 2: Review job descriptions through an equity lens
Tactic 3: Provide training on equity-based hiring practices
Tactic 4: Intentionally target universities with diverse populations for faculty positions.
Tactic 5: Intentionally advertise openings through media outlets that connect with larger numbers of African Americans and Latinx.
3535 Adkisson Drive
Cleveland, TN 37320
423-472-7141
800-604-2722
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