Crystal McCormick Ware on the Impact of Belonging on Campus Toward Inclusive Excellence Podcast

In the second episode of TIE’s fall semester series, Crystal McCormick Ware, inaugural chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the university president on DEI at Duquesne University, discusses the impact of belonging on campus. In conversation with Toward Inclusive Excellence editor-in-chief Alexia Hudson-Ward, Crystal defines the concept of belonging and its intersection with inclusion, situating it within the higher education context and explaining how it fits into an institution’s DEI mission. Crystal also digs into the measurement of belonging through campus-wide surveys, and how it connects to faculty and student retention. She closes with thoughts on DEI policy implementation, the impact of DEI certificate programs, and how libraries can model institutional belonging through assessment and collaboration with the DEI office.

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