Alignment of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging with Community and Civic Engagement Functions in Higher Education

Posted by Campus Compact on April 2, 2024

This report from Castel Sweet offers an environmental scan of Campus Compact members and the broader higher education community around the alignment and structural integration of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging with community and civic engagement functions on campuses.

Developed through her work as Campus Compact’s Strategy and Visioning Fellow for the 2022- 2023 academic year, this report offers an environmental scan of Campus Compact members and the broader higher education community around the alignment and structural integration of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging with community and civic engagement functions on campuses. Considering the historic moments in which we find ourselves as waves of political actions and legislative decisions amplify echoes of longstanding conversations and considerations of how campuses fulfill the core values and mission of higher education, a deep dive into the alignment of such functions appears to be more relevant now than ever before. Therefore, this report is offered as a catalyst to an expanded understanding and exploration of ways to deepen alignments of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging with community and civic engagement through practices that enhance complementary and distinctive impacts of each functional area.

Download the report.