Presented by Benjamin Young, Vice President Emeritus, Ivy Tech Community College Presented at the Career Development Professionals of Indiana Fall 2015 Conference

1. CareerDevelopment Professionals of Indiana, Inc.
Fall 2015 Conference
October2, 2015
Coming TogetherforChange
Benjamin Young
Vice President Emeritus
Ivy Tech Community College

2. Presenter’s BackgroundPresenter’s Background
•Student AffairsStudent Affairs
•Diversity, Equity, and InclusionDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion
•RetirementRetirement

3. Career Development Professional of Indiana, Inc.Career Development Professional of Indiana, Inc.
•MissionMission
•VisionVision
•Core ValuesCore Values
•Diversity & Inclusion StatementDiversity & Inclusion Statement
•Board OverviewBoard Overview

4. About Ivy TechAbout Ivy Tech

5. Subtitle
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College Mission: As a statewide, open-access community college, Ivy Tech
Community College provides residents of Indiana with professional, technical,
transfer, and lifelong education for successful careers, personal development, and
citizenship. Through its affordable, quality educational programs and services, the
College strengthens Indiana’s economy and enhances its cultural development.
College Vision: Changing Lives/Making Indiana Great
Core Values (We value, respect, & promote):
Grounding

6. Background
• Indiana passes State House Enrolled Act No. 1256 in 2007
• Statewide outreach begin in Fall 2007
• College Statement of Diversity first developed & approved in 2007
• December 2007 Diversity Report to State Board of Trustees
• Hired first full-time, statewide diversity officer in 2008; served 15
months
• Benjamin Young appointed Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion effective July 1, 2013

7. House Enrolled Act No. 1256
(A) The college’s state board of trustees shall create a diversity
committee at the home campus and at each regional campus to:
• Review faculty employment policies concerning diversity
• Review faculty and staff personnel complaints concerning diversity
• Promote and maintain cultural diversity among faculty members
• Promote recruitment and retention of minority students
(B) The diversity committee shall issue an Annual Report stating
findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the board of trustees
State Statute

8. Mission Statement
Ivy Tech Community College is committed to a diverse and inclusiveIvy Tech Community College is committed to a diverse and inclusive
educational environment that extends beyond tolerance to respect andeducational environment that extends beyond tolerance to respect and
affirms human difference. Therefore, diversity, as defined by Ivy Tech,affirms human difference. Therefore, diversity, as defined by Ivy Tech,
includes, but is not limited to, differences in race, ethnicity, religious beliefs,includes, but is not limited to, differences in race, ethnicity, religious beliefs,
regional and national origin, color, gender, sexual orientation,regional and national origin, color, gender, sexual orientation,
socioeconomic status, age, disability, and political affiliation. Bysocioeconomic status, age, disability, and political affiliation. By
encouraging free and open discourse, providing educational opportunitiesencouraging free and open discourse, providing educational opportunities
within and outside its classrooms, and intentionally recruiting and retaining awithin and outside its classrooms, and intentionally recruiting and retaining a
diverse assembly of students, faculty and staff, the College endeavors todiverse assembly of students, faculty and staff, the College endeavors to
graduate culturally literate individuals who will make positive contributions tograduate culturally literate individuals who will make positive contributions to
a local, national, and global society.a local, national, and global society.

9. 2014-15 Goals
Develop & sustain recruitment &
retention of diverse faculty & staff
Increase enrollment of diverse students
Increase persistence & credentials
conferred to diverse students

10. Statewide

11. # % # % % # % %
Northwest 3,412 35% 33 25% -10% 104 51% 16%
North Central 2,097 26% 14 13% -13% 28 23% -3%
Northeast 2,190 21% 10 7% -14% 13 8% -13%
Lafayette 694 10% 7 7% -3% 11 7% -3%
Kokomo 415 8% 6 7% -1% 16 7% -1%
East Central 828 10% 6 5% -5% 23 14% 4%
Terre Haute 291 5% 1 1% -4% 7 5% 0
Central Indiana 7,028 32% 25 13% -19% 104 33% 1%
Richmond 183 5% 3 7% 2% 11 11% 6%
Columbus 161 3% 3 5% 2% 4 6% 3%
Southeast 45 2% 0 0 -2% 2 3% 1%
Southwest 649 11% 4 5% -6% 11 10% -1%
Sellersburg 467 9% 2 3% -6% 6 7% -2%
Bloomington 351 6% 3 4% -2% 7 6% 0
Statewide 18,853 18% 116 9% -9% 372 18% 0
Status:
Green: Satisfactory (Meets College Standards--Zero & Positive Percentages)
Yellow: Watch List (Warrants Immediate Attention--Negative Percentages between -1 and -4)
Red: Unsatisfactory (Requires Intervention Plan within 60 Days--Negative Percentages Starting with -5 and Above)
Rule:
In situations of over-representation (such as +16%), this is considered a good thing but not an excuse to stop making progress.
No region has to try and correct over-representation while the statewide percentages and counts remain under-represented.
Four-Year Averages Comparing African-American & Latino Students
to Full-time African-American & Latino Faculty & Staff
Difference
Students
to Faculty
Difference
Student to
Staff
African-American &
Latino Student
Population
Full-time African-
American & Latino
Faculty
Full-time African-
American & Latino
Staff
Region

12. Overall fall 2011-to-fall 2012 retention rate for full-time
students: 46%
Overall fall 2011-to-fall 2012 retention rate for part-time
students: 40%
Graduation rates for the fall 2009 cohort (reported in 2012)
Overall graduation rate: 8%
African American: 2%
Latino: 6%
Caucasian: 9%
Asian: 8%
Nonresident alien: 12%

13. Peer ComparisonsPeer Comparisons

14.
STATES WITH LOWER COLLEGE ATTAINMENT RATES THANSTATES WITH LOWER COLLEGE ATTAINMENT RATES THAN
INDIANAINDIANA

15. Intersection of CDPI & Member Intersection of CDPI & Member
InstitutionsInstitutions

16. Institutional Commitment to Diversity
 Chief officer’s position
 Resources, targeted programs
 Seat at the table
 Alignment with strategic plan
 Diversion—global, gender, etc.
 Embedded in course outlines

17. Advocacy
 Public
 Evidence based, correct myths
 Beyond middle-level mentality
 Call to action-everyone’s work
 Sustain effort in face of hardships

18. Role of CDPI Members
Embrace Joint ACPA & NASPA
document (2010) for Equity, Diversity, &
Inclusion & Leadership
Challenge status quo, become change
agent; collaborate with others (internally
& externally)

19. Challenges
Young in career
Companionship
Leadership
ROI/Benefits

20.  Diversity enriches the educational experience.Diversity enriches the educational experience. WeWe
learn from those whose experiences, beliefs, andlearn from those whose experiences, beliefs, and
perspectives are different from our own, and theseperspectives are different from our own, and these
lessons can be taught best in a richly diverselessons can be taught best in a richly diverse
intellectual and social environment.intellectual and social environment.
 It promotes personal growth--and a healthyIt promotes personal growth--and a healthy
societysociety. Diversity challenges stereotyped. Diversity challenges stereotyped
preconceptions; it encourages critical thinking; and itpreconceptions; it encourages critical thinking; and it
helps students learn to communicate effectively withhelps students learn to communicate effectively with
people of varied backgrounds.people of varied backgrounds.

21.  It strengthens communities and the workplaceIt strengthens communities and the workplace. Education. Education
within a diverse setting prepares students to become goodwithin a diverse setting prepares students to become good
citizens in an increasingly complex, pluralistic society; it fosterscitizens in an increasingly complex, pluralistic society; it fosters
mutual respect and teamwork; and it helps build communitiesmutual respect and teamwork; and it helps build communities
whose members are judged by the quality of their characterwhose members are judged by the quality of their character
and their contributions.and their contributions.
 It enhances America's economic competitivenessIt enhances America's economic competitiveness..
Sustaining the nation's prosperity in the 21st century willSustaining the nation's prosperity in the 21st century will
require us to make effective use of the talents and abilities ofrequire us to make effective use of the talents and abilities of
all our citizens, in work settings that bring together individualsall our citizens, in work settings that bring together individuals
from diverse backgrounds and cultures.from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

22. We can only strengthen our
institution as a whole if we
enhance new minds and
views on diversity.
Milligan, 2010

23. Questions, Comments &Questions, Comments &
SuggestionsSuggestions