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Beld and Bruce King  \nwith Philip M. Katz  \nJULY 2022  \nA REPORT FROM  \n© 2022 by the Council of Independent Colleges  \nThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or)[ or](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or)[send a letter to Creative Commons](send a letter to Creative Commons), PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.  \nAbout the Council of Independent Colleges  \nThe Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of 762 nonprofit independent colleges and universities, state-based councils of independent colleges, and other higher education affiliates, that works to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of independent higher education’s contributions to society. CICis the major national organization that focuses on services to leaders of independent colleges and universities and state-based councils. CIC offers conferences, seminars, publications, and other programs and services that help institutions improve educational quality, administrative and financial performance, student outcomes, and institutional visibility. CIC conducts the largest annual conferences of college and university presidents and of chief academic officers in the United States. Founded in 1956, CIC is headquartered at One Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. For more information, [visit](visit www.cic.edu)[ www.cic.edu](visit www.cic.edu).  \nAcknowledgment  \nCIC’s Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts (DCLA) initiative, including this report, was supported through a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the president emerita of Spelman College, served as director of the DCLA Institutes in 2018 and 2019.  \nAbout the Authors  \nJO M. BELD is vice president for mission at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, where she serves as secretary to the St. Olaf board of regents and oversees the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment, the College Ministry office, and the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community. She is a political scientist by training and has extensive experience in the areas of evaluation and assessment. Beld completed a BA at Bethel University and an MA, MPhil, and PhD at Yale University, all in political science.  \nBRUCE KING is the inaugural vice president for equity and inclusion at Elmhurst University. His previous positions include associate vice chancellor for racial equity at the City Colleges of Chicago and vice president for equity and inclusion, assistant to the president, and chief diversity officer at St. Olaf College. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Iowa.  \nPHILIP M. KATZ is director of projects at the Council of Independent Colleges and was staff director of the DCLA initiative. Beld and King served as external evaluators of the DCLA Institutes.  \nDIVERSITY , CIVILITY, AND THE LIBERAL ARTS: REFLECTIONS ON A CIC INITIATIVE  \nTable of Contents  \nForeword ............................................................... 1  \nIntroduction ............................................................. 3  \nContext and Content ....................................................... 5  \nParticipants ............................................................ 5  \nThe Institute Experience ................................................... 7  \nInitial Impact ........................................................... 7  \nSix Months after the Institute ............................................... 7  \nSuccess Factors and Stumbling Blocks ......................................... 11  \nThat Was Then, This Is Now: 2020 and Beyond..................................... 13  \nSom","cbCaiguWWJHvshXX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiguWWJHvshXX","pdf",643764,33,"English","# Foreword\n# Introduction\n# Context and Content\n## Participants\n## The Institute Experience\n## Initial Impact\n## Six Months after the Institute\n## Success Factors and Stumbling Blocks\n## That Was Then, This Is Now: 2020 and Beyond\n## Some Lessons for Advancing Institutional Change\n# Appendix: Institute Topics, Readings, and Presenters","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the CIC Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts institutes?\",\"answer\":\"The institutes aimed to disrupt the cycle of protest and return to the status quo by leveraging liberal arts teaching and learning practices to create conditions for lasting institutional change.\"},{\"question\":\"Why were the institutes launched in 2017?\",\"answer\":\"CIC received support from the Mellon Foundation in 2017 to support two summer institutes, initiated in response to student unrest and designed to address strategic DEI priorities.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes does the report cover after the institute experience?\",\"answer\":\"The report evaluates participants’ institute experience, initial impact, and impact six months later, then discusses success factors, barriers, and lessons for advancing institutional change beyond 2020.\"}]","REFLECTIONS ON A CIC INITIATIVE | PDF",1792048287,83]