The purpose of the Office of Student Equity is to administer the state Student Equity funds; create, evaluate, and report on the Student Equity programs; to educate students, faculty, staff, and administrators on issues related to equity and diversity, and to support the faculty and staff who work on the programs.

The Office of Student Equity serves as a resource to provide support to programs that help prepare students to be successful learners as well as narrow the achievement gap. The office supports over thirty projects across instructional and student support offices throughout campus.

The overarching goal of student equity projects is to help students achieve equal outcomes on success indicators as compared to the student groups succeeding at the highest rates. Success indicators include access, course completion, basic skills course completion, transfer, and certificate and degree completion.