Hold joint cross-institutional faculty book discussion groups

Faculty from both institutions read the same book and meet to discuss it. The topic is usually pedagogy or social justice; the output is people who know each other well enough to have hard conversations about students later.

Money for books, refreshments and somebody to organize it.

Director of Pathways / Mellon Project Director

Both institutions jointly

Small, 3 months to first visible effect

Faculty engagement scores; participation across campuses

Discussions can become superficial if meetings are too infrequent or if faculty avoid discussing difficult structural tensions.

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