University of New Haven

The Myatt Center offers several program series, including the “Courageous Conversation Series” which focuses on “conversations that cultivate diversity, inclusion, equity, and a sense of belonging.”

The Myatt Center offers several optional training programs, workshops, and certificates including the Trait, Behavior, Attitudes, and Decision Workshop, Social Justice 101 and 201, and the Implicit Bias/Unconscious Bias Workshop. A certificate for Diversity and Inclusion is offered only to faculty and staff. Intergroup Dialogue discusses “intergroup relations, conflict, and social justice.”

There are several required programs for first year students, most of them involving DEI topics. Also, all first-year students are required to take the Diversity and Inclusion Course which serves to “introduce key concepts related to identity, bias, power, and privilege and what [it] means to be part of a diverse community. Includes flexible learning modules that allow students to practice allyship, self-care, and strategies to create inclusive space.”

Employees are required to take the Employee Diversity and Inclusion Workshops for “in-person and instructor-led training as well as online training and access to resources about diversity and inclusion in the workplace.”

The university is offering a "Race and Ethnic Studies Minor." The following course is required for minor: "SOCI 3345 - Introduction to Race and Ethnic Studies."

The Myatt Center hosts a program known as the Diversity Peer Educators, where students “provide peer support and referrals to essential University resources as appropriate; serve as student mentors for the BUILD mentoring program; and develop and implement DEI programs and facilitate DEI dialogues across the University of New Haven community.”

The University of New Haven annually conducts the Campus Climate Survey for Diversity and Inclusion. To incentivize the 2023 survey, the school had a pool of $3,000 in incentives for participants.

In response to past actions by the Trump administration, such as the travel ban, and national events, like the Charlottesville protests, the university president made a pledge to increase the university's diversity, inclusion, and equity resources and initiatives.

As part of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Action Plan, the school made a commitment to “[create] a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI&B) committee in each academic college and school and divisional units to carry forward the DEI&B priorities.”

The school has an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Council known as the IDEA Council which has a mission to “serve as an advisory group to the president and campus community, providing strategic advice and recommendations based on observations, reports, and monitoring concerning diversity at the University of New Haven.” This represents the school’s commitment “to the cultural competency, intercultural and personal development that is best supported in a climate that respects differences and provides a sense of belonging and inclusion.”

Another goal of the DEIB Action Plan is to “[provide] resources and training opportunities for faculty and staff to become proficient at working in a diverse and inclusive environment.”

The school will launch “Diversity Search Ambassador positions to ensure diversity in hiring searches.”

The university president also appointed a vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion.