Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity

Stewarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity stewards Brown’s commitment to foster equitable and inclusive working and learning environments.

Brown University’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) is the comprehensive strategic plan that drives efforts across campus to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive community necessary for the advancement of knowledge, learning and discovery.

The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) oversees the DIAP, an ambitious action plan to ensure a more fully diverse and inclusive campus that continues to advance inclusive excellence, creates new opportunities for underrepresented scholars to teach and conduct research, and offers a campus-wide understanding of the essential roles that diversity, equity and inclusion play in Brown’s success as a leading research university.

Through OIED’s partnerships and collaborations with departments and individuals across the University, we advance a shared responsibility for creating a campus that is inclusive and equitable for all members of the community. We coordinate with all academic and administrative units at Brown to measure progress toward the DIAP’s goals and sustain a commitment to accountability through a robust network of oversight and annual reporting.

Through the DIAP and the ongoing oversight managed by our office, Brown is committed to policies, structures and practices that advance inclusion and diversity at Brown.

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About the DIAP

In February 2016, Brown launched Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion: An Action Plan for Brown University, the formal name of the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. It serves as the institution’s strategic plan specifically aimed at fulfilling aspirations for diversity, equity and inclusion that were articulated in the University’s Building on Distinction 10-year strategic plan, launched in 2014. The DIAP was shaped by broad community input and established concrete, achievable actions to address obstacles that have long inhibited the success of historically underrepresented groups in higher education.

In April 2021, the University reaffirmed its commitment to the plan’s goals by launching Phase II of the DIAP, which outlined new actions to build on the University’s expanded diversity, address barriers to inclusion, and create a more equitable academic community that enables all of its members to thrive as leaders, thinkers and problem-solvers.

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