Commitment to Diversity

CALL FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION:
The Dean's Advisory Committee on Diversity is currently recruiting undergraduate student representatives to serve on the committee.
If you are interested,
please email DACD Chair
Frans Doppen.

COE McNair Scholars Mallory Cervantes
and Terrez Thomas aim to increase
diversity in the American professoriate.

The College of Education 2007-08 Dean's Advisory Committee on Diversity (DACD) is currently in the process of analyzing data, collecting resources and authoring the College's Commitment to Diversity.

The committee is guided by this charge from Dean Middleton:
In an effort to be systematic and intentional with respect to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and student body, please develop a framework for Unit Diversity Plans. In the spring of 2007, I will be asking each department and unit head to develop diversity plans with a focus on racial/ethnic diversity. Because of our state's demographics, however, these plans should also include differences in gender orientation, socio-economic differences, disability, difference in family structures and international populations. I am asking this committee to develop a template for what should be included in our diversity plan. Minimally, I would like the plan to include the following:

Strategic Plan: How is the plan developed and who is involved?
Commitment to Diversity statement
Departmental/Unit Commitment: Who will be responsible for carrying out the plan? What resources are available? How is the commitment translated to the wider community?
Needs Assessment: What are the current demographics of the faculty? What is the current availability of racially/ethnically-diverse faculty in the disciplines? What are reasonable goals?
Goals: What are the goals? How are they determined? Are they specific and measurable?
Strategies: What are the strategies for recruiting and retaining racially/ethnically-diverse faculty? How are they developed?
Implementation: How and by whom? What is the timeline?
Evaluation

Members of the 2007-08 Dean's Advisory Committee on Diversity:

Frans Doppen, Chair
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education

Jaylynne Hutchinson
Associate Professor, Educational Studies

Yegan Pillay
Assistant Professor, Counseling & Higher Education

Kelly Davidson
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Affairs

Ayanna Jordan
Director, Upward Bound

Mary Gibbons Mize
Records Management Associate, Office of Student Affairs

Marcy O'Brien
Administrative Associate, Office of Student Affairs

Michael Boakye-Yiadom
Graduate Student

James Archibald
Graduate Student