Committee on Institutional Diversity and Equity Report - 6/01
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Appendix A: Committee Membership
Committee on Institutional Diversity and Equity
(Formerly World Cultures Initiative Committee)
- James Larimore, Co-Chair, Dean of the College
- Melissa Zeiger, Co-Chair, Associate Professor of English
- Elise T. Ahyi, Assistant Provost
- Katherine P. Burke, Director of Hopkins Center Student Programs
- Kathryn Burton, Graduate Student
- J. Martin Favor, Associate Professor of English
- Mitsuko Gardner, Graduate Student
- Frederica Ghesquiere '04
- Deborah Golder, Assistant Dean for Residential Education
- Christina Gomez, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
- Teoby Gomez, Dean of the Class of 2003
- Andres Jimenez, Medical Student
- Stuart C. Lord, Dean of the Tucker Foundation
- Xenia Markowitt, Outreach Coordinator, Women's Resource Center
- Michael Mastanduno, Director of the Dickey Center, Professor of Government
- Jorge Miranda '01
- Aki Naito '01
- Yuval Ortiz-Quiroga '02
- Holly F. Sateia, Dean of Student Life
- Vernon Takeshita, Assistant Professor of History
- Jennai Williams '03
- Mark J. Williams, Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies
Appendix B: A Partial List of Reports on Diversity at Dartmouth: 1968 to 2000
1968 McLane Report on Equal Opportunity
1974 Redding Report to the Board of Trustees
1975 Smoyer Report to the Board of Trustees
1979 Report from Latino Forum to Board of Trustees
1986 President's Ad Hoc Council on Diversity
1988 Dartmouth College Committee on Diversity, Self-Study Report
1988 NEASC Evaluation Team Report
1993 Roman Report on "Managing Diversity"
1993 Dartmouth College 5-Year Interim NEASC Accreditation Report
1998 Student Assembly "Visions of Dartmouth" Project
1999 Report on the Institutional Accreditation Self-Study
1999 Women's Resource Center Student Life Initiative Presentation
1999 Immigration, Race and Ethnicity Requirement Proposal
2000 Student Life Initiative Report
2000 Afro-American Society response to SLI Recommendations
Appendix C: Summary of Recommendations
1. Revise the College mission statement to clarify and strengthen language about diversity.
2. Appoint a high level officer, reporting to the President or Provost, to advise the President and Provost and other senior officers on matters related to diversity and equity and to oversee the implementation of adequately funded institutional diversity plans.
3. Create a Council on Diversity to establish specific goals, develop strategies, and guide and coordinate institutional progress.
4. Expand domestic and international outreach and recruitment efforts aimed at increasing campus diversity for undergraduate and graduate students.
5. Strengthen the College's financial aid programs for undergraduate and graduate students to ensure that a student's personal economic circumstances do not negatively impact the quality of the educational experience at Dartmouth.
6. Expand the variety of First Year Trip options to better meet the diverse interests and needs of first year students.
7. Create a position within the Dean of Student Life area to focus on interactive pluralism, diversity and community, working in collaboration with colleagues in Student Life, Residential Life, the Tucker Foundation, etc.
8. Enhance funding to support diversity training efforts for: Undergraduate Advisors (UGAs); leaders of First Year Trips, orientation and community service activities; the Diversity Peer Program, and other student leadership positions.
9. Establish a Diversity Venture Fund within the Dean of the College office to support professional development and student learning opportunities related to diversity and interactive pluralism.
10. Provide additional resources to Career Services to support, research, and publicize a more diverse array of student employment, internship and service opportunities.
11. Create additional social spaces and options for use by students and student organizations.
12. Compile and publish information about campus programs, events and other resources related to diversity.
13. Improve and publicize public transportation to local off-campus retail, dining and entertainment centers.
14. Work with local businesses to improve services for Dartmouth's diverse population of students, faculty and staff (e.g. dining options, hair and beauty services, etc.)
15. Establish a joint effort between the appointee to the proposed high level position, the Provost's Office, Human Resources, and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action to:
- a. develop strategies to increase faculty and staff diversity and improve recruitment and hiring practices and resources.
- b. Systematically examine concerns related to the retention, advancement and quality of life of faculty and staff at Dartmouth.
- c. Initiate a comprehensive staff training effort, perhaps incorporating the Campus of Difference model as one approach, through the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action and the Human Resources department to foster greater understanding and skill in managing diversity at Dartmouth.
16. Develop diversity plans for each division of the College, using the Diversity Plan for the Dean of the College division as a possible guide, to be updated on a regular basis as part of an annual or bi-annual review process.
17. Examine the efficacy of the current distributive system with respect to matters of diversity.
18. Improve support for the College's interdisciplinary academic programs.
19. Establish diversity as a particular focus of the proposed Center for Teaching and Learning:
- a. create incentives for faculty to create new courses and/or integrate a focus on diversity into existing courses (i.e. release time; research or teaching assistantships, etc.)
- b. provide support to faculty exploring pedagogical strategies for dealing with issues of diversity in the curriculum and among their students.
20. Develop institutional strategies to strengthen the connection between Dartmouth and the Upper Valley community, using the expertise of the Tucker Foundation, Hopkins Center, Hood Museum and other areas currently involved in community outreach
21. Engage the Tucker Foundation in increasing communication about service opportunities in the local community
22. Involve those staff serving as liaisons with neighboring towns in advancing diversity initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life in the Upper Valley.
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