- Mailing Address
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133 Wall St
New Haven, Connecticut 06511 - Phone
- (203) 432-4771
- Email address
- student.questions@yale.edu
- Website
- https://www.yale.edu/
- School Information
- "Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Yale’s reach is both local and international. It partners with its hometown of New Haven, Connecticut to strengthen the city’s community and economy. And it engages with people and institutions across the globe in the quest to promote cultural understanding, improve the human condition, delve more deeply into the secrets of the universe, and train the next generation of world leaders." The university enrolls over 13,500 students, employs over 4,800 faculty, and offers numerous academic programs across its 17 divisions. (Source: https://www.yale.edu/about-yale) (Source: https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts)
- General Information
- Yale University's president has committed to incorporating issues of race and racism into the academic curriculum, although he did not explain how Yale intends to achieve that. Additionally, the School of Music has taken steps to both implement mandatory anti-racism training, as well as recruit more faculty musicians of color. See developments below:
Actions Taken
- Admissions Policies
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"Belonging at Yale, 2021-2026" is the name for the university’s activities to "enhance diversity, support equity, and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect" and includes attracting "underrepresented minority students by expanding pipeline and pathway programs."
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- Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
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School of Music will be implementing mandatory anti-racism training.
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"Belonging at Yale, 2021-2026" is the name for the university’s activities to "enhance diversity, support equity, and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect" and includes developing "online educational programs on antiracism, implicit bias, bystander intervention, and other topics and skills" for students, faculty, and staff.
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- Curriculum Changes and Requirements
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University president said that the university will take steps to further incorporate issues of race and racism into the academic curriculum.
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"Belonging at Yale, 2021-2026" is the name for the university’s activities to "enhance diversity, support equity, and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect" and includes "expanding the number of courses that examine race and antiracism issues."
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- Program and Research Funding
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“Faculty Resource Fund” created to engage more musicians of color.
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"Belonging at Yale, 2021-2026" is the name for the university’s activities to "enhance diversity, support equity, and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect." The following activities would be "prioritized" for funding: "Sponsor educational programs and events on issues of racism, including historical context, contemporary systemic racism and privilege, successful antiracist strategies, and allyship."
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- Re-Imagining Policing
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"Belonging at Yale, 2021-2026" is the name for the university’s activities to "enhance diversity, support equity, and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect" and includes studying and revising "the model for public safety at Yale, with particular focus on policing."
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- Resources
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On March 11, 2022, the Yale Department of Classics held an anti-racism reading group.
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Yale School of Management has a new course on the “past and present of race, money, and equity in America.”
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On January 27, 2023, NPR interviewed Phillip Atiba Goff, CEO of the Center for Policing Equity, chair of African American Studies and psychology professor at Yale University, in an article titled "In Memphis, people call for police reform after Tyre Nichols' killing." Mr. Goff stated, "in Ithaca - in Tompkins County, N.Y., in Saint Louis, Mo., in Berkeley, Calif., we're very happy to have encouraged local leaders to end low-level traffic enforcement by law enforcement and to stop sending police when there's a nonfatal accident."
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Yale's West Campus published its "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Action Plan 2022-2026" which includes the following initiatives: "Build on community dialogue sessions by convening regular planning meetings of the West Campus-wide Anti-Racism Working Group and "Host biannual gatherings led by the YWC Anti-Racism Working group to solicit ideas for events that bring the West Campus community together to celebrate diversity."
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On June 15, 2020, Yale News published an article entitled "It’s never too early to talk with children about race" which poses the following question: "How should parents — white parents in particular — address issues of race and racism with their children?" According to Yarrow Dunham, assistant professor of psychology at Yale and director of the Social Cognitive Development Lab, "Many white parents are very uncomfortable talking about race. As a consequence, they do not put in the work to support the emergence of a structural or justice-minded understanding of racial disparities and of racism more generally. As white parents, we have an obligation to put in this work.”
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"Belonging at Yale, 2021-2026" is the name for the university’s activities to "enhance diversity, support equity, and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect" and includes requiring "all academic and administrative units to develop-as many have already-local DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) and belonging plans that include actions to address needs of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People Of Color] staff, faculty, and students."
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