Responding to courageous voices demanding change
We, leaders of Clark University, are committed to counteracting and doing our very best to end systemic racism and inequity at our institution. …
Building a more equitable Clark is not just the right thing to do — it’s key to the University’s future. The campus community is currently working on two significant initiatives that are intrinsically intertwined: infusing equity and inclusion across all aspects of the University, and developing a strategic framework for Clark’s future.
To achieve success and enduring relevance in the future, Clark needs to attract and retain students, faculty, and staff from diverse experiences and backgrounds. The process of getting there — to become a more welcoming and equitable institution — will not be easy; it will require difficult conversations, accountability, transparency, and action.
To transform Clark into a fully inclusive, just, and equitable University, President David Fithian has dedicated $1 million to catalyze diversity, equity, and inclusion activities and progress.
The areas of investment will parallel the action items within our initiatives around programming, training, student life/affinity space, and staffing.
The ongoing work to build a more equitable Clark began with #ClarkForward, an initiative designed to guide Clark in building evidence-based strategies to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion across all of the University’s operations.
#ClarkForward’s survey work in the 2017–18 academic year has provided valuable insights into areas where Clark can and must improve to become the community we aspire to be. We are indebted to the students, faculty, and staff who have done so much work already and, at the same time, are drawing attention to how much we must change for the better.
Appointed annually by the President of the University, the University Diversity Action Council (UDAC) will work collaboratively and in cooperation with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, as well as relevant faculty and staff committees, to:
Below, read updates from President David Fithian and the leadership team about diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
We, leaders of Clark University, are committed to counteracting and doing our very best to end systemic racism and inequity at our institution. …
We, leaders of Clark University, are committed to counteracting and doing our very best to end systemic racism and inequity at our institution. …
On June 18, the vice presidents, deans, other senior administrators, and I promised an update within 30 days on our plan of action to advance DEI at Clark. …
On June 18, the vice presidents, deans, other senior administrators, and I promised an update within 30 days on our plan of action to advance DEI at Clark. …
I am pleased to provide updates pertaining to Clark’s chief officer of diversity and inclusion (CODI) search committee and DEI programs and initiatives. …
I am pleased to provide updates pertaining to Clark’s chief officer of diversity and inclusion (CODI) search committee and DEI programs and initiatives. …
On behalf of the entire administration, I have made a promise to you that we will become a more just, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming institution. …
On behalf of the entire administration, I have made a promise to you that we will become a more just, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming institution. …
Following is a quarterly highlight of our efforts related to DEI, including campus safety, strategic planning, and more. …
Following is a quarterly highlight of our efforts related to DEI, including campus safety, strategic planning, and more. …
Explore Clark’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, including action items and updates, within each area below.
Students may focus on centering Blackness, fighting anti-Blackness
Staff focus on outreach, assistance to promote student success
From crochet to career preparation, events include “something for everyone"
Course explores inequities, social change through lens of the pandemic
If you visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, you’ll spot a bit of Clark among its displays. The museum is currently borrowing the University’s copy of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” a rare, first-edition volume of work, housed in Goddard Library’s Archives and Special Collections, by Phillis Wheatley Peters — considered by many to be the mother of African American literature. …