CAS Diversity Action Plan (DAP) 2019

  • GOAL #1 (I: Inclusion): Create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.
    • Strategy 1 – Create a more welcoming, respectful, and inclusive climate for all.
    • Strategy 2 – Incorporate promising practices that eliminate implicit bias and combat racism as well as other forms of discrimination. Incorporate promising practices to increase equity, inclusion, and intercultural understanding in onboarding, performance evaluations, tenure and promotion, and other unit processes and policies in ways that allow all members of the unit to thrive and succeed.
  • GOAL #2 (D: Diversity): Increase the representation of diverse students, faculty, staff, and community partners at all levels of the university.
    • Strategy 1 – Incorporate active recruitment strategies, processes to eliminate conscious and unconscious bias, and other promising practices to recruit diverse staff, faculty, administrators, undergraduate, and graduate students from traditionally underrepresented communities.
    • Strategy 2 – Use promising practices and effective strategies to retain diverse staff, faculty, administrators, undergraduate, and graduate students from traditionally underrepresented communities.
  • GOAL #3 (A: Achievement): Facilitate access to achievement, success, and recognition for under-represented students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
    • Strategy 1 – Eradicate any existing gaps in achievement between majority and underrepresented students, faculty and staff in graduation rates, tenure and promotion, professional opportunities, leadership opportunities and recognition.
    • Strategy 2 – Increase faculty, student, staff, and alumni participation (with special focus on groups that are currently underrepresented) in global leadership experiences, research, professional development opportunities, and scholarships (e.g. Rhodes Scholar and Marshall Scholar competitions) as well as other prestigious awards and recognitions.
  • GOAL #4 (L: Leadership): Leadership will prioritize and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion in plans and actions.
    • Strategy 1 – Develop and promote programs that support, mentor and prepare members of underrepresented groups for leadership opportunities (i.e. department heads, directorships, deanships, vice presidencies, etc.) at the UO.
    • Strategy 2 – Utilize philanthropy and other resources to advance the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion in your unit and across the University.
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