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Metropolitan Universities

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2018

Subjects

Higher Education -- Social aspects, Portland State University -- Strategic planning, Equality, Planning, Minorities, Social justice, Group decision making

Abstract

Propelled by many factors, including a newly appointed Board of Trustees responsible for governance of our university, resource shortages, and enrollment swings, Portland State University embarked on a strategic planning effort in 2014 with the intent of reunifying a divided campus and creating a bold vision for moving forward in the next five years. While committed from the start to goals of diversity and inclusion, the planning process itself generated greater awareness of and commitment to equity—a bolder vision of empowerment that creates a responsibility to understand and mitigate negative, but often unintended consequences of, campus decisions and action—particularly as they impact groups that have experienced institutional racism and injustice. Equity emerged not only as a goal, with intendant initiatives for action, but also as a commitment to conscientious ongoing attention to decision-making that embraces utilization of an equity lens.

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This is the publisher's final PDF. Permission received from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on behalf of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. The definitive version was published online

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https://doi.org/10.18060/22179

DOI

10.18060/22179

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34063

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