Charge to the Committee
This committee shall consist of five elected faculty members, at least two of whom shall be tenured. In addition, the Committee will include the Chair (if a faculty member) or other faculty representatives of the Committee on ALANA Affairs; and a faculty member from the Faculty Affairs Committee. All of the five elected Committee members will serve three-year terms. The Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity and the Vice President for Equity and Inclusion shall be ex officio members (non-voting) and (one) shall serve as secretary of the Committee. The Committee shall elect a chair from its tenured, elected members.
The Committee helps ensure that 91¾ÅÉ« attends to strategies and achieves its goals related to equity and inclusion with respect to all faculty recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention. 91¾ÅÉ« has had either a voluntary or a federally-mandated affirmative action program in place since 1974. The Committee is responsible for the following:
Reporting annually to the faculty, delivering any annual federally mandated analysis of the faculty
- Reporting annually to the faculty data and information related to the committee’s charge.
- Identifying areas of non-compliance with regard to applicable state and federal mandates.
- Providing recommendations to all relevant bodies for making efforts to address issues of faculty equity, inclusion, and climate.
- Obtaining information from relevant bodies to support its charge.
- Actively working to support and implement 91¾Åɫ’s DEI Plan.
In order to implement its charge, the Committee, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Diversity, works closely with relevant committees, administration, and other relevant bodies that support the academic mission.