Overview of Initiative

This initiative includes several concurrent components:

• Listening, Dialogue, and Community-Building Sessions designed to gather and analyze insights on the lived experiences of CSUN students, staff, administrators, faculty, and alumni.
• A Comprehensive, Culturally Relevant Review of key university policies, programs, and initiatives.
• BSSI Institutes and Forums designed to inform and educate the campus about the progress of the initiative while creating opportunities for community-building and discussions on Black student success and academic achievement.
• Strategic Benchmarking Research, including a general review of the institution’s DEI infrastructure, analyzing trends in academic achievement data, and identifying examples of best practices contributing to Black student academic achievement taking place at CSUN and at other institutions.
• Developing a CSUN Black Student Success Insight-to-Action Strategic Roadmap with monitoring criteria, scheduled for implementation in 2024 and informed by these data and information-gathering efforts.