Excellence

Recruit, support develop and retain faculty and staff of excellence.

2020 Tactics

• Ensure that Faculty Handbook criterion “Ability to Create Inclusive Classrooms” is addressed in faculty reviews, collaborating with the Faculty Appointments Committee and the Post‐Tenure Review and Sabbatical Committee.
• Revise and formalize faculty search protocols.

2020 Progress Points

• 40+ faculty (primarily teaching in first‐year core curriculum) took an online summer course on “Foundations of Inclusive Teaching Practice.”
• Nearly 100 faculty and staff took Spanish mini-courses to develop their language skills.

Challenges/Areas of 2021 Focus

• Reengage compensation planning
• Increase racial diversity among faculty and senior staff
• Extend formal search protocols to administrative staff searches