Inclusive Excellence at BSU

Access and equity (Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administrators)

Access and Equity consists of more than simply tracking changes in the representation of historically underrepresented students, faculty, and staff. From this perspective, inclusive excellence involves the representation and equitable achievement of these groups on campus. The tables provide specific BSU goals, program/initiative description and BSU contacts.

Inclusive Excellence: Access and Equity (Students)

Goal: Offer excellence in education that prepares students in our global society, and attract, retain and graduate increasing numbers of students from diverse social locations and historically underrepresented populations.  

 

Program/Initiative

 Description

Contact
 

Portfolios of Excellence  

 

Integrated and intentional co-curricular advising for 100 first-year students to work with POE staff/faculty and peer mentors.

 

Primary Contacts:
Cathy Holbrook
 cholbrook@bridgew.edu

Lee Torda
ltorda@bridgew.edu

 
 

LINKS Mentoring Program

 

The L.I.N.K.S.--Linking Individuals to Networks, Knowledge, and Scholarship, is a  mentoring and retention program for first-year students of color to assist them in developing a support system to succeed in their first year at BSU and beyond. 
 

 

Primary Contact
Andrea Garr-Barnes
 agarrbarnes@bridgew.edu

 

Pre-College and bridge programs

  • Upward Bound

  • STREAMS

  • FAM for Change

 



Upward Bound

Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their pre-college performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits.
 

 

Primary Contact
William Lewis
 william.lewis@bridgew.edu
 


STREAMS (Developing Initiative)

STREAMS propose to  implement a coherent set of institutional changes designed to assist a target group of low income students, first generation students, and students of color persist from year 1 to year 2 in all the STEM disciplines, the total number of BSU STEM graduates will be raised substantially.
 

 

Primary Contact
Thomas Kling
 tkling@bridgew.edu
 


FAM for Change

The mission of the FAM (Friends and Mentors) for Change Mentoring Program is to improve our youth's academic achievement, social competence, and avoidance of high-risk behavior by providing influential relationships with caring mentors who work to help the mentees achieve their maximum potential. 
 

 

Primary Contact
Kenny Monteiro
 Kenny.monteiro@bridgew.edu

 

Inclusive Excellence: Access and Equity (Faculty, Staff and Administrators)

 

Goal: Attract and retain greater numbers of individuals from underrepresented populations into faculty, staff and administrative positions

 

Program/Initiative

 Description

 Contact
 

Search Committee Development

 

Enhance search committee capacity to employ a variety of assessment metrics to determine a candidate's fit with the department.

 

 

Primary Contact:
Rita Miller
rmiller@bridgew@bridgew.edu
 

Work with Affirmative Action to determine areas of greatest need and establish hiring/retention goals through a campus Affirmative Action Plan.
 

  
 

 Study persistence of faculty/staff of color at the college and conduct exit interviews for departing faculty.
 

  

 

Last Modified: August 2, 2010