As we consider practices that can be used to improve educational outcomes, particularly for racially minoritized racial groups, creating an equity-minded syllabus is one action that can be considered.
With this physical document, we can shape the ways students view their instructors, view the course and its material, the actions they’ll take when they face academic difficulties, and overall, their course experience.
Based on the inquiry you did around who your syllabus serves and how your syllabus demonstrates equity-minded practice, what changes—if any—do you intend to make to your syllabus? To your teaching practice more generally? How will those changes advance racial equity in particular?
A course syllabus is merely one type of document / artifact of practice in higher education. There are other documents as well, such as assignments, transcripts, and applications (e.g., admissions, financial aid, scholarship applications) that also speak to what the institution believes and values. What other documents might you look at to assess for equity-minded practice?