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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Entrepreneurial Leaders Value Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

At Babson, we believe that true entrepreneurs create both economic and social value, and that to lead successfully you must lead inclusively. This theme runs throughout all of our courses and programs—but it must go further. Advancing DEI throughout the Babson community is a critical objective, both for our own community and the impact we have in the world. This work is continuous. Through community collaboration, we hope to keep learning and improving in meaningful ways to benefit communities everywhere.

We also know that belonging is an important aspect of any DEI initiative and goal, and we are proud of the spaces Babson has helped create for its students and staff with the following:

Sadie Burton-Goss, Chief Diversity and Equity Officer

Please join me in recommitting to these ideals and aspiring to end systemic racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Asian hate, xenophobia, homophobia, sexism, among other groups, as well as social injustice everywhere. In the spirit of all who fight for a better day, we must believe that together, we have the power to determine what happens next in our own lives, on this campus, and in the world.

Sadie Burton-Goss, PhD

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Belonging at Babson

Belonging is an important aspect of any DEI initiative and goal, and we are proud of the spaces Babson has helped create for its students and staff.

Undergraduate Diverse Student Clubs

Graduate Diverse Student Clubs

Employee Resource Groups

2023 Student Body

Undergraduate Women: 42%
Graduate Women: 42%

2023 International Students

37% increase in enrolled international students, representing 84 countries.

$9 Million Invested in FY23

Money applied to student scholarships, and to recruit and retain students who contribute to diversity within the community. Our first-year class included 32% underrepresented minority students, the largest in Babson history.

Making Progress Through Dialogue

To help facilitate important conversations, Babson has implemented DEI training for faculty, staff, and students. Who completed training? (as of June 2023)

» 98% of Employees
» 97% of New Undergraduates
» 89% of New Graduate Students

Shakenna K. Williams, Executive Director, CWEL

Babson has created something that is revolutionary. We’re creating this opportunity, this movement of change and empowerment.

Shakenna Williams '94

Executive Director of the Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
Founder of the Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program

The Power of Partnerships to Uplift & Heal

Babson’s WIN® program supports women entrepreneurs and local economies in Tulsa. It’s located inside the Greenwood Women’s Business Center, one of the only buildings saved from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Before the attack, the area was an economic hub for the Black community—Black Wall Street.

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Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Goals

Three pillars—culture, curriculum, and community—guide Babson’s diversity and inclusion strategy and represent the three major areas of focus for our efforts.

Culture

The attitudes and intellectual manifestations of our students, staff, faculty, and alumni

Create, foster, and preserve an inclusive and welcoming cultural climate for all
Create an organizational structure to support our diversity and inclusion goals

Curriculum

The subject matter we are teaching in the classroom

Ensure that faculty development, classroom experience curriculum, and cocurriculum support our mission and strategic diversity and inclusion goals
Foster, promote, and support diversity- and inclusion-related resources and research advancing our mission

Community

The Babson fellowship of people from students to members of partner organizations

Attract, recruit, develop, and retain a diverse student body
Attract, recruit, develop, and retain diverse faculty, staff, and administrators
Engage and support external partners in diversity-related initiatives advancing our mission
Communicate, promote, and celebrate efforts, events, initiatives, and individuals advancing diversity and inclusion of all kinds for Babson College and the Babson community worldwide

Babson Alumni Focused on DEI

Babson focuses its teaching approach on entrepreneurial leadership, and those lessons can have an impact well beyond the classroom when it comes to DEI. Below are only a few of the many examples from Babson alumni.

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

The re-imagined DEI Council is an inspiring team of campus leaders for student, staff, faculty, and alumni DEIB initiatives. On any given day, there is something life-changing going on led by these dedicated Babson professionals.