{"id":135,"date":"2020-03-30T15:38:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:19:19","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-135\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-135-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-135-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-135-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-135\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2026\/03\/MASTER_The-Division-of-Inclusive-Diversity-Equity-Access-Accountability_IDEAA-Logo-with-Tag_Color-720x540_c-e1773242336785.png\" width=\"691\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2026\/03\/MASTER_The-Division-of-Inclusive-Diversity-Equity-Access-Accountability_IDEAA-Logo-with-Tag_Color-720x540_c-e1773242336785.png 691w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2026\/03\/MASTER_The-Division-of-Inclusive-Diversity-Equity-Access-Accountability_IDEAA-Logo-with-Tag_Color-720x540_c-e1773242336785-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" title=\"MASTER_The-Division-of-Inclusive-Diversity-Equity-Access-Accountability_IDEAA-Logo-with-Tag_Color-720x540_c\" alt=\"The text &quot;IDEAA&quot; 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in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social, cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect &#8212; in ways that increase awareness, content knowledge, critical thinking, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diversity: <\/strong>Individual differences (e.g., personality, prior knowledge, and life experiences) and group\/social differences (e.g., race\/ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, country of origin, and ability, as well as cultural, political, religious, or other affiliations).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equity:\u00a0 <\/strong>The creation of opportunities for historically underserved populations to have equal access to, and participate in, programming that is capable of closing achievement gaps in student success and completion and in faculty and staff recruitment and retention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Access:\u00a0 <\/strong>The College\u2019s programs and facilities are designed and implemented to ensure that people of all abilities may thrive and be equipped to succeed as students, faculty, and staff.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accountability:\u00a0 <\/strong>The visible use of qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate, assess, celebrate, and tell the story of the College\u2019s progress towards its goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"highlight-box\">\n<p><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"one-half first\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/title-ix\/\">Title IX<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/student-support-services\/\">Student Support Services (OS3)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/office-accessibility-services\/\">Accessibility Services<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/lgbtqia\/\">LGBTQIA+<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/multicultural-programs\/\">Multicultural Programming<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"one-half last\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/stmarysway\/\">The St. Mary&#8217;s Way<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/president\/\">Office of the President<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/president\/strategic-plan\/\">Strategic Plan for SMCM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to IDEAA The Division of Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access, and Accountability (IDEAA) is a reflection of the College\u2019s commitment to providing an inclusively diverse campus community where our students, staff, and faculty can thrive.\u00a0 Our path forward is defined in our vision and mission statements: VISION:\u00a0 Through innovative programming and the coordination of initiatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":160,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/inclusive-diversity-equity-access-accountability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}