The Collective’s

Equity-Minded Campus Initiative

Become an EMCI Affiliate

The Collective’s Equity-Minded Campus Initiative (EMCI) is designed to support colleges and universities working to create inclusive campus environments and advance equitable student success.

EMCI affiliates receive affordable, high-touch, inquiry-based, and race-conscious professional development on an annual basis, tailored to a range of practitioner roles.

How does it work?

  • EMCI affiliates select two professional development tracks per year—one in the spring and one in the fall.

  • Affiliates send ten participants per track (ten in spring and ten in fall), a total of twenty participant per year.

  • Each track consists of five weekly, two-hour virtual professional development sessions.

  • At the conclusion of each track, every participant schedules a one-hour, one-on-one meeting with EMCI facilitators.

  • Each track cohort includes up to four institutions to promote cross-campus collaboration.

  • New professional development tracks will be added each year to meet emerging campus needs.

  • Leaders from affiliate colleges are invited to an annual virtual convening to discuss campus needs and hear recommendations from EMCI facilitators.

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2026 EMCI Professional Development Tracks

Building capacity for equity-minded practice is an ongoing process, and the EMCI is here to provide continuous support. Each campus affiliate will send ten participants to one track in the spring and then another track in the fall (for a total of twenty participant slots per year). Colleges may enroll in the same track both semesters and may send the same participants to both tracks, depending on their needs and goals.

Equity-Minded Teaching: Level One

Offered in Spring 2026, this track provides college instructors with the foundation for data-informed and race-conscious classroom practice. Sessions include:

  1. The Salience of Race in the Classroom

  2. Designing Equity-Minded Syllabi

  3. Making Sense of Disaggregated Instructor-Level Data

  4. Creating Race-Conscious Grade and Attendance Maps

  5. Action Planning: Sustaining Equity-Minded Classroom Practices

Equity-Minded Student Affairs / Services

The Student Affairs/ Services Track focuses on practical strategies student-facing practitioners can use to address racial inequities. Sessions include:

  1. The Salience of Race in Non-Classroom College Spaces

  2. Designing Equity-Minded Student Communications

  3. Gathering and Using Close-to-Practice Data Disaggregated by Race/Ethnicity

  4. Equity-Minded Relationship-building and Student Engagement

  5. Action Planning: Sustaining Equity-Minded Practices

Equity-Minded Teaching: Level Two

A continuation of Equity-Minded Teaching Level One, this track explores advanced equity-minded classroom facilitation strategies. Next offered in Fall 2026, sessions include:

  1. The Salience of Race in the Classroom

  2. Designing Equity-Minded Syllabi

  3. Making Sense of Disaggregated Instructor-Level Data

  4. Creating Race-Conscious Grade and Attendance Maps

  5. Action Planning: Sustaining Equity-Minded Classroom Practices

Equity-Minded Leadership

This track is designed for college executives and administrators seeking to institutionalize racial equity across policies, practices, and organizational culture. Sessions include:

  1. The Salience of Race in Higher Education for Students, Instructors, and Practitioners

  2. Strategies for Embedding Racial Equity in Institutional Goals and Action

  3. Equity-Minded Annual Faculty and Staff Evaluations

  4. Facilitating Campus Conversations about Power and Privilege

  5. Action Planning: Sustaining Equity-Minded Campus Practices

Equity-Minded Hiring

The Hiring Track prepares practitioners to apply disaggregated data and equity-minded principles to hiring processes and structures. Recommended participants include campus leaders, Human Resources staff, and hiring committee members. Sessions include:

  1. Foundations of Racial Equity in Hiring

  2. Interrogating Bias and Reframing Conceptions of Merit, Fit, and Compliance

  3. Equity-minded Criteria, Rubrics, and Interview Questions

  4. Disrupting Bias in Committee Discussions

  5. Equitable Matriculation and Retention

Equity-Minded Data Coaching

Colleges and universities are increasingly utilizing data disaggregated by race and ethnicity. This track is designed for institutional researchers and campus leaders who guide race-conscious data analysis, interpretation, and action planning. Sessions include:

  1. Centering Institutional and Practitioner Agency in Disaggregated Data Discussions

  2. Strategies for Gathering & Presenting Data to Support Racial Equity

  3. Re-framing Common Detours in Disaggregated Data Conversations

  4. Research Review: Practices that Support Racial Equity

  5. Action Planning: Sustaining Equity-Minded Data Coaching Practices

EMCI Annual Membership Cost: $15,000

To inquire about EMCI membership, enter your contact information to the right of this page or email us at info@collective4equity.com.