Middlebury College

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's Action Plan for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recommends that the school, "Develop and offer ongoing opportunities for faculty and staff to engage in critical conversations and skill building related to diversity, equity and inclusion, including workshops that address racism, ableism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, religious and spiritual oppression, classism, and sizeism (Inclusive Practitioners Program)."

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's Action Plan for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recommends that the school, "Develop and facilitate workshops related to equity and inclusion, including recognizing and responding to microaggressions, for students serving in campus leadership positions (Orientation, Residential Life, Admissions, International Student and Scholar Services, MiddSafe, Student Government, Student Organizations)."

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's Action Plan for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recommends that the school, ": Develop and facilitate new student orientation sessions that introduce equity and inclusion as core values, establish the expectation that equitable and inclusive practices are the shared responsibility of all Middlebury students, and provide information about related, ongoing development opportunities."

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's Action Plan for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recommends that the school, "Develop and promote an online form that can be used to report bias-related incidents."

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's Action Plan for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recommends developing and offering "workshops on equitable and inclusive recruitment and hiring for faculty members serving on search committees" and "workshops on equitable and inclusive recruitment and hiring for staff members serving on search committees."

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's Action Plan for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recommends that the school, "Require applicants for new faculty positions to submit statements on inclusive practices in teaching, scholarship, mentoring, and/or service and use these materials to assess multicultural competence as part of the hiring process."

College received $500000 for anti-racism initiatives. $250,000 will go to the Task Force on Anti-racism; $50,000 will go to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS); $200,000 will be allocated through the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (OIDEI).

The Anti-Racist Task Force sponsored "Story Circles 2021-2022: Friendship."

The library offers an "Anti-Racism Reading Guide," which includes Ibram X. Kendi's "Stamped from the Beginning."

The college had an Anti-Racist Task Force, "which focuses on building community, the creation of PRISM...the hiring of a new director for AFC and a new student educator on equity and inclusion."

The college said, "The Middlebury Libraries’ Reparative Cataloging Project seeks to address catalog records that are historically inaccurate, offensive, discriminatory, or harmful." The college also noted, "During the 2021-2022 academic year, the updates you can expect to see include changing 'Blacks' to 'Black people,' 'Slaves' to 'Enslaved persons,' 'Gays' to 'Gay people,' 'Sexual minorities' to 'LGBTQ people,' and more!"