Clarkson University

Clarkson University’s strategic plan, Clarkson at 125, incorporates a goal to “increase the number of underrepresented students and staff.” The strategic plan is “focused on recruitment, retention, onboarding, training, professional development, programming, curriculum and institutional change management.

The Office for Teaching and Learning for Diversity and Inclusion hosts "workshops dedicated to classroom management, syllabus design, pedagogy enhancement, and negotiating the kinds of issues and problems even experienced faculty face while trying to create a diverse, safe, and welcoming classroom atmosphere conducive for effective learning."

The Office for Teaching and Learning for Diversity and Inclusion hosts "workshops dedicated to classroom management, syllabus design, pedagogy enhancement, and negotiating the kinds of issues and problems even experienced faculty face while trying to create a diverse, safe, and welcoming classroom atmosphere conducive for effective learning."

The Office for Teaching and Learning for Diversity and Inclusion hosts "trainings for new faculty, and for key figures in faculty development."

All first-year students must fulfill a "Diversity Component" where students "will be urged to question their assumptions and to consider different worldviews."

The General Education professional requirement "incorporates learning outcomes involving professionalism, ethics, and diversity." The requirement helps students to "develop an appreciation for the value of diversity in the workplace."

The Office for Teaching and Learning for Diversity and Inclusion works closely with offices and decision makers "to develop a more inclusive curriculum across the campus, including classes designed to enhance a Clarkson student’s ability to negotiate diverse and inclusive workplaces and graduate programs, while cultivating the skills and vision necessary to be a global citizen."

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion founded a "Bias Prevention/Planning, Awareness and Response Team." The team states it "understands that distinguishing whether something is a bias incident or a hate crime may be difficult" and encourages students to report incidents of bias "if they have a feeling" or "just want to be sure."

Human Resources offers diversity training and automatically enrolls faculty in required training.

Clarkson University announced on September 15, 2022 that “a $10K grant from the Northern New York Library Network will fund a first-of-its-kind project at Clarkson University.” This will fund the “Reckoning with Race and Racism in Healthcare and Medicine” project.

The MPOWER scholarships "are awarded annually to female international / DACA students who are currently enrolled or accepted to study full-time in a STEM degree program." The grand prize recipient receives $3,000 and two runner-ups receive $1,000 each.

The McNair Scholars Program "provides undergraduates with opportunities to participate in academic year and summer research activities." The program is available to "underrepresented minority students (African American, Hispanic, Native American) or first-generation college students from a low-income background."

In 2019, the University was awarded a nearly $1 million grant "to reduce bias in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)." The project is designed to "effect positive institutional change around the reduction of implicit or unintentional bias."

The Clarkson Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program "is dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented African American, Latino American and Native American (AALANA) students graduating with baccalaureate degrees in the STEM fields."

On June 11, 2021, it was announced that Clarkson University appointed Augustine Lado as “Senior Advisor to President Tony Collins on Anti-Racism for the coming year.” Lado will focus on “establishing university-wide Anti-Racism Institute (an academic unit for fostering scholarship, teaching and learning, and outreach about anti-racism); supporting our efforts to increase the diversity of students, faculty and staff; facilitating curricular and co-curricular innovations to promote inclusive excellence; and creating a more safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all.”

Clarkson University offers a list of resources on anti-racism, inclusion, bias, and other topics.

Clarkson University LIbraries has a page dedicated to Black Lives Matter & Racial Justice which suggests students to “try an anti-racism or privilege checklist.”

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Office’s Climate & Engagement Committee “serves as the university committee to review and advise on issues of diversity, inclusion, climate and engagement.”

On November 4, 2021, Clarkson University announced the continuation of its“Anti-racism Speaker Series” through several panel discussions.

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Office is home to the Diversity and Inclusion 5 committee, which is “comprised of the five areas of Chief Inclusion Officer, the Director of Teaching & Learning, the Director of Student Diversity & Inclusion Services, the Associate Vice President of Student Success, Diversity & Inclusion and the Chief Human Resources & Employee Inclusion Officer” who all work to carry out the strategic plan.

The University hosts a "Cultural Graduation Ceremony" to "celebrate and honor the accomplishments and achievements of students who are members of the Student Diversity & Inclusion Council organizations."

The University has a "Land Acknowledgement" which states "We acknowledge we are meeting on the traditional territory of the Akwesasne Mohawk and their ancestors... As we move towards healing past injustices, we must acknowledge the wrongs that have been done and work towards a unified path of co-existence and prosperity." 

The University's Diversity and Inclusion Policies state "We seek to promote an intentional and inclusive engagement with diversity by increasing community members’ awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and emphatic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions."