University officials have begun work on a new diversity plan they hope to finish by the end of the Spring 2013 semester.
According to an email from Chief Diversity Officer Damon Williams, the new plan would emphasize “equity and inclusion” while also building a system of accountability and incentives.
The pre-planning process will include compiling priorities and themes determined through roundtable discussions at the Diversity Forum 2012, according to Williams. His office will release a list of these themes as well as an account of central campus diversity initiatives before Thanksgiving.
Williams said officials in his office plan to meet with student and faculty groups on campus to get their input for the plan throughout the semester, while also drawing on conversations about other campus initiatives in progress such as the HR redesign.
A faculty-appointed campus diversity and climate committee will assemble an ad hoc Diversity Committee this week to help formulate the plan.
