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A critical task facing the community in this academic year is the completion and adoption of a ten-year Inclusion, 多样性, 和公平(IDE)战略计划. This plan will provide a blueprint For the structural and cultural change needed to make GG电子官方软件下载 a more inclusive and equitable community.
The need For such a plan was articulated more than a year ago by voices including the Ujamaa Collective, the GG电子官方软件下载 校友 who authored an open letter to the administration in August 2020, 以及校园里的其他团体和委员会. President Steve Poskanzer charged the IDE Steering Committee in November 2020 with overseeing its development.
整个春天和夏天，他们都在工作 IDE指导小组 drafted a Vision Statement and set of Goals and Objectives that Form the foundation of the plan. 在他们的 9月27日社区更新, IDE Co-Chairs Chico Zimmerman and Jeninne麦基 described this draft document, and over the last few weeks they have shared it with 教师, 学生, 工作人员, 还有校友团体. The feedback received in those discussions has led to some changes and revisions, including the replacement of the original Vision Statement with a set of Principles and Definitions.
Many of the comments received speak to the desire to move Forward with the next stage in this planning process: to create specific, 可行的建议. We are now ready to take the critical step of creating a set of strategies For addressing each of the five Goals outlined in the draft:
- 建设机构能力, 资源, and dedicated leadership required to engage in the work of inclusion, 多样性, 以及广义上的公平, including implementing and sustaining the IDE Strategic Plan
- 显著提高学生的代表性, 教师, and 工作人员 on campus from underrepresented populations
- Establish and sustain the 资源 and practices necessary to provide an equitable environment For all 学生, 工作人员, 才能茁壮成长.
- Integrate and sustain engagement with the principles of IDE, 包括各种各样的观点, 经历, and intellectual contributions of historically underrepresented voices
- Demonstrate our commitment to measurable improvement of IDE outcomes through data collection and analysis, 透明的沟通
Following discussion among the IDE Steering Committee and senior administration, and consultation with 教师 Affairs Committee (FAC) Chair Andy Flory and Junior 教师 Affairs Committee (JFAC) Chair Rou-Jia Sung, 我们现在任命了 五个工作小组 that will be charged with developing specific recommendations For accomplishing the Goals and Objectives. The Working Groups are facilitated by members of the IDE Steering Committee, 包括教职员工, 学生, 工作人员, 校友代表.
These groups will not be starting from scratch; rather, they will be provided with the community input received by the Steering Committee over their many months of work thus far. They will have access to all of the data collected over the past year, and other data points from Institutional Research and Assessment. Each group will also include a consultant from Cambridge Hill Partners.
In our kickoff meeting with the Working Groups last week, we emphasized the importance of continuing to seek community input as specific recommendations are Formulated. We know that interest in many of these areas is strong, 我们也希望如此, in addition to the individuals appointed to the working groups, 许多其他社区成员将作For资源.
We have asked the Working Groups to provide their draft recommendations to the Steering Committee by the end of January. The Steering Committee will then prepare a final report to share with the community in late February or early March, with a goal of presenting a final version to the Board of Trustees later in spring term.
在设定这个时间轴时, we have tried to balance the sense of urgency we all share about making change as quickly as possible with the need to ensure time For thoughtful deliberation and community input. We recognize that we are asking Working Group members For intensive efFort during a limited time frame, and we are very appreciative of the willingness of so many colleagues to be part of this efFort.
In my Inaugural Address on October 16, I talked about the importance, and difficulty, of change. GG电子官方软件下载的IDE进程，我说:
当我们继续在校园讨论时, 与校友, and within the higher education community about the need to create a more inclusive and welcoming community, it is important that we recognize that if we aspire to the word “transFormative,” we must be willing to re-examine the structures that are currently working well For many of our 学生, and ask how they need to be different if they are to work well For everybody.
It is exciting to be moving into this next crucial phase of the IDE planning process. I thank everyone involved For their patience, engagement, and commitment to change.
随时联系奇科·齐默尔曼, Jeninne麦基, or facilitators of the individual Working Groups with any questions. Additional inFormation about the process can be found on the IDE的网站.
艾莉森·拜尔利校长