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Presentation to Faculty Senate February 8, 2007
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Four Imperatives that MakeDiversity UCs
Compelling Interest
- Learning Imperative
- Economic Imperative
- Democracy Imperative
- UC21 Strategic Vision
- Note First three are suggested by the NASULGC
Report, Now is the Time
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Our Definition of Diversity
This task force recognizes a very broad and
inclusive concept of diversity that should
include commonly recognized considerations such
as race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability
status, socioeconomic status, sexual identity,
sexual orientation, religion, and regional or
national origin. Our charge, however, asked us to
focus specifically upon racial and ethnic
diversity at UC, and we have done so. Going
forward, we want to emphasize that UCs concept
of diversity should retain the capacity to grow
with our understanding.
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Task Forces RecommendedFive Initiatives
- Institutional Structure and Framework
Initiative - Community and Climate Initiative
- Student Initiative
- Faculty Initiative
- Staff Initiative
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Institutional Structure and Framework Initiative
- Ann Welsh
- Chair, Institutional Structure and Framework
Subcommittee
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Institutional Structure and Framework
- Immediate Recommendations
- Implement an integrated institutional plan for
diversity. - Engage the university in a process to define
diversity - Create a senior-level position of Director of
Diversity - Establish an all-university Committee on
Diversity - Develop, implement and monitor a communication
plan.
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Community and Climate Initiative
- Mitchel Livingston
- Chair, Community and Climate Subcommittee
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Community and Climate
- Immediate Recommendations
- Revise University Mission Statement to include
a commitment to diversity. - Reaffirm the universitys commitment to the
existence of AACRC and clarify issue of a
multicultural center for broader interests. - Share and monitor findings from the National
Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and Student
Satisfaction Inventory (SSI).
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Student Initiative
- Mitchel Livingston
- Co-Chair, Student Recruitment and Retention
Subcommittee - Jerry Tsai Co-Chair, Student Recruitment and
Retention Subcommittee
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Student Initiative
- Immediate Recommendations
- Develop additional scholarship options marketed
to students of color that dont have
requirements of Turner Scholarships. - Support the initiatives of STRIVE, Summer
Bridge, Gear Up, M2SE, Ohio Core and other
programs aimed at academic preparedness - Enhance partnerships with Cincinnati State,
Sinclair, regional campuses
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Faculty Initiative
- John Brackett
- Chair, Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Subcommittee
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Faculty Initiative
- Immediate Recommendations
- Create a more viable Department of African and
African American Studies. - Increase the budget in the Provosts Office to
encourage and facilitate diversity in hiring. - Enhance faculty search committees to make
sure that no search goes forward without
documented best efforts to create a diverse
pool. - Enhance retention of African American and other
underrepresented faculty by making more than
one hire at a time using mentors/ambassadors
performing exit interviews, etc.
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Staff Initiative
- Alecia Trammer
- Chair, Staff Recruitment and Retention
Committee
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Staff Initiative
- Immediate Recommendations
- Enhance employee orientation in general, but
also to incorporate diversity as a core value. - Improve workforce planning.
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Nancy Zimpher President
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www.uc.edu/diversitytaskforce
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