student mobility by cultural and lingual programs, faculty research collaboration, field schools and international conferences, etc. • ESCALA Training (in collaboration with Yakima Valley College’s three year iFINISH Title V grant): As a professional training initiative, ESCALA assists to provide support that closes the gap in educational access and retention for Latinx students with faculty development programming and program assessment. In collaboration with YVC and Heritage University, CWU has participated in this training since 2015. Recommendations This section articulates many of the elements mentioned above into the conceptual framework proposed in this report: structure, content, congruence. General recommendations are thus to operate at the following levels: Structural In order to diversify CWU’s programming and curricular offerings, we must work to diversify our faculty, staff and administrators across campus. Faculty and staff must be trained in creating inclusive environments in their daily practices. Content The university must consolidate and develop inclusive curriculum and pedagogy. The first step is to identify and strengthen current curricular and programmatic offerings in order to develop new academic initiatives. Congruence Embed inclusive curriculum and pedagogy initiatives into university practices (via Cultural Competence training, ESCALA workshops, etc.). These new initiatives need to be articulated into larger university-level endeavors to make them sustainable and practical in the long term. Next Steps Based on an assessment of the current challenges and existing efforts addressed in this report, a number of immediate steps to follow and goals to pursue are proposed. Curriculum • Re-envision CLLAS. • Spatially articulate CLLAS & DEC via a new Multicultural Center. • Orchestrate a Latinx curriculum committee (based at CLLAS) capable of 1) identifying in detail existing offerings, 2) proposing and supporting new curricular development, and 3) helping organize all-related content in a centralized website. • Critically redefine policies and practices related to hiring and retaining faculty of color. • Conduct cultural competence training among all-personnel levels at CWU and Inclusive Classroom Environments among faculty. Programming • Critically redefine the role that DEC will play in CWU’s HSI strategic development plan.
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