FACULTY
PRIMARY LEAD(S) AND TIMELINE A standing committee will be charged to create and monitor faculty DEI initiatives. Ayana Ledford will lead this committee with assistance, as needed, from the entire diversity strategy subcommittees chairs (Linda Babcock, Kody Manke, Ana Maria Ulloa Shields, Nico Slate and Mike Tarr) and other Dietrich College leadership (Sharon Carver, David Creswell, Jeria Quesenberry, Liz Cooper and Abby Simmons). The committee will formally report to Dean Richard Scheines once a year to discuss the department and college-level scorecard measures and will provide informal updates several times per year. Department-level annual reports will include the information needed to create a college-wide scorecard. This should be an easy to fill out template, perhaps using Elements. Implementation of our faculty DEI initiatives requires key oversight roles (D: dean; ADR: associate dean for research; ADE: associate dean for educational affairs; ADF: associate dean for faculty; DDI: director of diversity and inclusion; DH: department heads, ADA: associate dean for advancement, ADC: assistant dean of communications). A proposed timetable for each strategy is also included.
GOAL 1: Improve access and equity for historically
underrepresented minorities and women faculty.
Timeline: August 2020 • Collection of Diversity Recruitment Plans • Distribution of hiring procedures checklist • Setting of aspirational goals • Search training (with assistance from DDI, Babcock) • Hiring process accountability (D) Timeline: Spring 2021 • Identify resources to attract candidates (joint with ADD) • Commence Dietrich post-doctoral fellowship program (joint with DDI) to parallel the CMU President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program • Create new slots at the full professor level (D and ADA)
STRATEGY A: IMPROVING HIRING PROCESSES (OVERSEEN BY ADF)
STRATEGY B: LEVERAGING RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIRING (OVERSEEN BY ADF)
Timeline: Spring 2021 • Leadership training • Standards for feedback and review • Faculty workshops (developed by departments)
STRATEGY C: IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY OF
THE RPT PROCESSES (OVERSEEN BY ADF)
Timeline: Fall 2020 • Identify resources to retain key faculty
STRATEGY D: HELP DEPARTMENTS DEVELOP AND RETAIN FACULTY (OVERSEEN BY ADF AND ADR)
Timeline: Spring 2021 • Mentorship program (DH) • Sponsorship guide (ADF) • Grant writing workshops (ADR) • Leadership pipeline plans (DH)
Timeline: Spring 2021 • Develop equity metrics for teaching and service
STRATEGY E: CREATING EQUITY IN SERVICE AND TEACHING (OVERSEEN BY ADE AND ADF) STRATEGY F: CONTINUE TO MONITOR EQUITY IN FACULTY SALARIES (OVERSEEN BY ADF)
Timeline: Spring 2021 • Create a model of measuring pay equity
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DIETRICH COLLEGE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PLAN
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