The proactive reinforcement of policies, practices, attitudes and actions that produce equitable power, access, opportunities, treatment, impacts and outcomes for all.

 Applied Research Center. (2009). Catalytic change: Lessons learned from the racial justice grantmaking assessment (PDF). Retrieved from http://racialequity.org/docs/Racial_justice_assessment_loresFINAL.pdf.

(campus context) – The creation of opportunities for historically underrepresented populations to have equal access to and participate in educational programs that can close the achievement gaps in student success and completion.

Association of American Colleges and Universities. (n.d.). Making excellence inclusive. Retrieved from http://www.aacu.org/making-excellence-inclusive.