Madison Area Technical College

On February 20, 2024, Madison College News published an article titled "Transforming Teaching with a Focus on Equity" in which the Director of the Institute for Equity and Transformational Change (IETC) was interviewed and gave updates on the institute's recent work. Regarding "curriculum reform" at the college, the director stated, "Faculty partners are trained what it means to review and deliver curriculum that ensures all perspectives are being addressed, not just singular viewpoints."

As part of the degree requirements at Madison College, all students must complete one course in Ethnic Studies.

The college provides a "Bias Incident Report and Support Form" and states, "This report documents alleged incidents of any discriminatory or hurtful act that appears to be motivated by identity characteristics or any other statuses based on a protected class by applicable federal, state, or local law."

Madison College utilized the grant awarded from The US Department of State’s Increase and Diversity Education Abroad for US Students (IDEAS) Program in order to expand their African Initiative and diversify the locations where students study abroad.

On February 17, 2021, Madison College News announced that the "Hiebing marketing agency is setting up a $40,000 endowed scholarship at Madison College" in order to "increase racial diversity within its workforce" and to "help students seeking degrees in graphic design, visual storytelling and web/digital media design."

College will host Professor Ibram X. Kendi, author of "How to be an Antiracist".

Book club formed around "How to be an Antiracist".

The college offers a certificate program on Ethnic Studies to learn about the experiences of people of color and address racism and equity in the United States.

The Equity and Inclusion Plan at Madison Area Technical College prioritizes “actions and resources to advance racial equity and inclusion” in the campus community to “close the racial gaps that exist.”

As the Vice President of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Relations at Madison College, Damira Grady works to synergize the many DEI plans at the college to provide a unified DEI vision for the campus.

As part of the Madison Area Technical College’s Commitment to Equity, the Stop Racism Now plan is committed to equity and inclusiveness and challenges the campus “community to look inward, to reflect, to be honest, to acknowledge bias and white privilege.” The school states that “it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be firmly anti-racist.”

As part of the Equity and Inclusion Plan at Madison Area Technical College, four Bold Statements Toward Equity are declared by the college “toward eliminating racism” and aspiring “to a state of equity.”

The Department of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at Madison College is “charged with providing leadership and innovation in the college’s journey to provide a diverse and inclusive environment.”

In 2020, the college's Board of Trustees published its "Resolution" which includes the following opening statement: "The Board of Trustees of the Madison Area Technical College District denounces systemic racism in all its forms and affirms the District’s commitment to Black students and all students of color who have been subject to overt and passive forms of racism."