Chair: Rayvn Knipple, 2026-2027, EDIPC membership

Scope and Authority:

• Policy style guide: The committee will recommend style and language guidelines for writing equitable policy. The committee will also recommend accessible vocabulary and phrasing for policy.
• Policy formulation: The committee will review drafts of policies and raise potential equity issues early in the formulation of UWSP policies.
• Policy finalization: Institutional feedback on new or revised UWSP policies that demonstrate concern with the effect of a policy on underrepresented communities with UWSP will be included in the policy finalization process to provide context to the UWSP Chancellor and Vice Chancellors prior to a policy being formally approved.
• Policy revision: The committee shall receive requests for equity-based policy revisions and forward them, along with recommendations, to the appropriate bodies in whose scope the policies originate.
• Policy review: The committee will establish a schedule for the systematic review of UWSP policies and make recommendations related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Assessment metrics: The committee will recommend appropriate metrics for the assessment of policy impacts.