GOAL: To create an environment in which all members of the collegiate community—students, staff, and faculty—are welcomed, supported, and able to thrive.
Access and opportunity
Design and implement policies, practices, and a collegiate culture that ensure everyone can thrive.
- Review current college policies, practices, and communication channels, using lenses from established research.
- Participate in university-wide efforts (faculty, staff, and students). Work with other colleges to establish shared best practices and support coordinated efforts (workshops, minors, certificates, etc.).
- Ensure that administrators, faculty, and staff are accountable for implementing practices that fairly distribute work and recognition, while valuing each individual’s contributions.
- Increase opportunities to gather feedback from student, staff, and faculty across the college.
- Conduct exit interviews of students, staff, and faculty.
Community
Create and sustain a community that fosters a sense of belonging.
- Educate and train students, faculty, staff, and administrators to cultivate learning experiences that enhance feelings of belonging and connection.
- Organize, support, and promote workshops, events, and recognition programs that actively engage the CoE community and promote connection.
- Expand mentoring, engagement, and on-boarding programs for students, staff, and faculty.
- Assess, redesign, and reengineer organizational structures and processes to promote teamwork, collaboration, cross-functional operations, and transparency.
We can meet our access, opportunity, and community goal if we create and sustain a productive and welcoming environment and recruit, retain, and advance a student body, staff, and faculty with a wide range of experiences and viewpoints.