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CT State Community College Receives Higher Education Diversity Award
CT State Receives Insight Into Diversity 2024 Higher Education Excellence In Diversity (HEED) Award
Press release
Connecticut State Community College (CT State) received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award on Oct. 3 from Insight Into Diversity magazine, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion
CT State was among 16 community colleges and 113 other higher education institutions nationally selected as recipients of the award.
"We are deeply honored to receive this award, a recognition that reflects our unwavering commitment to fostering an inclusive and equitable learning environment,” said CT State President O. John Maduko, M.D. “This achievement celebrates the collective efforts of our faculty, staff and students in championing diversity and empowering all voices within our community."
Insight Into Diversity selected CT State for demonstrating a commitment to diversity, campus climate and inclusivity initiatives, training activities, the formation of affinity groups, diversity in leadership, campus cultural events, and hiring practices that have led to a 79 percent increase in faculty and staff of color.
“The HEED Award process consists of a comprehensive and rigorous application that includes questions relating to the recruitment and retention of students and employees — and best practices for both — leadership support for diversity, campus culture and climate, supplier diversity, and many other aspects of campus diversity and inclusion,” said Lenore Pearlstein, publisher of Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. “We take a detailed approach to reviewing each application in deciding who will be named a HEED Award recipient. Our standards are high, and we look for institutions where diversity and inclusion are woven into the work being done every day across their campus.”
As a recipient of the annual HEED Award, CT State will be featured, along with other recipients, in the November/December 2024 issue of Insight Into Diversity magazine.
