GOAL #7 STATEMENT:  Create a welcoming and inclusive environment

Key Strategy or Initiative	Specific Actions	Responsible department/person	Implementation milestones	Resource Requirements	What results?  How will we assess and hold ourselves accountable for making progress?	
ALL campus involvement in research and assessment for NEASC self-study	•	Populate task forces covering each standard with students and faculty/staff inclusive of all bargaining units
•	Input forums and surveys disseminated inclusively
•	Feedback opportunities designated	NEASC Steering Committee	•	Committees populated Sept 2010
•	Strategy of input and feedback communicated through steering committee from each task force 
	•	TBD	•	Task force reports spring 2011

•	Community feedback indicates open opportunity for involvement from each constituency
	
ALL campus involvement in research and assessment for Foundations of Excellence self-study	•	Populate working groups covering each dimension with students and faculty/staff inclusive of all bargaining units
•	Input forums and surveys disseminated inclusively
•	Feedback opportunities designated	FoE Steering Committee	•	Committees populated Sept 2010
•	Strategy of input and feedback communicated through steering committee from each working group 
	•	TBD	•	Completed retention plan as a result of inclusive initiative

•	Community feedback indicates open opportunity for involvement from each constituency
	
Community Resource Directory	•	Update/expand and go live with the on-line community resource directory	Carlton Pickron/ IDAC Committee	•	When we go live with substantive information for new and potential employees 
	•	Minimal funding	•	Have it up and running on the web-site and portal to assist with the recruitment and retention of faculty/staff of color
	
SANKOFA Diverse Faculty and Staff Directory	•	Actively encouraging all members of SANKOFA to submit their bio and photo for inclusion in the directory
•	Add directory to University’s web-site and limited hard copy	Carlton Pickron & SANKOFA Organization of Diverse Faculty and Staff, Christina Swaidan, Chair	•	When 25% of identified persons of color have submitted their bio and photo	•	None	•	Up and running on the web-site and portal to assist with the recruitment and retention of faculty/staff of color