Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP)

Curriculum

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Curriculum

To support diversity and inclusion goals, the College convened a Task Force on Diversity in the Curriculum, which identified several measures for diversifying elements of the Brown education.

In February 2017, the College Curriculum Council unanimously approved a new DIAP course designation: Race, Gender and Inequality, and established a new process to determine which courses receive the designation. The number of sophomore seminars that focus on diversity perspectives went from 29% in 2015-16 to 73% in 2017-18. Brown offered more than 260 DIAP courses in 2020-21.

First Readings small groups discuss The Tsar of Love and Techno during orientation.Both individual and team Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRAs) have been expanded with specific outreach to HUG students, first- and second-year students and women in the STEM fields. The BrownConnect mentoring and internship program increased engagement of low-income and HUG students with internship opportunities.

The New Scientist Collective-Catalyst and the New Scientist Peer-Advising and Leadership Program were expanded, and initiatives were launched in fall 2016.

In DIAP Phase II, Brown is focusing on increasing opportunities for members of the Brown community to engage with issues of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the curriculum.

Additional Areas of Progress

People

The DIAP recognizes that the foundation of Brown is its people, and so the plan focuses first on the composition of our community and ensuring that all community members can thrive.
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Academic Excellence

Our actions in the area of academic excellence reflect a commitment to increase scholarly resources to support education and leading-edge research on issues of race, ethnicity, inequality, and justice around the globe.
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Community

The DIAP reflects a commitment to create a community that works actively to counteract inequity and injustice and that promotes an attitude of mutual respect.
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Knowledge

As a benchmark against which to measure progress in diversity and inclusion goals, Brown committed in the DIAP to pursuing more robust and extensive data collection.
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Accountability

To ensure progress for Brown’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, the DIAP established systems of responsibility and accountability.
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