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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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