7. Shared Accountability in Diversity and Inclusion Recommendations 1. Make some visible and significant changes (action) in strategies and policies that are visible to students and staff, especially those who bring diversity to the campus. 2. Each division should review incidents and practices that may have negatively or positively impacted the forwarding of racial justice, diversity, and inclusion and design ways to decrease the probability that the negative ones will occur again. 3. Provide quality training focused on racial justice, diversity and inclusion for each division. 4. Create measurements within departments to ensure that each area is accountable for developmental progress in this area. 8. Curriculum Review and Enhancement Recommendations 1. Research, identify, and utilize best practices to thoroughly audit and assess current course content and departmental curriculum for diversity and inclusion. 2. Create resources to promote course content review and cross-discipline expansion to achieve diversity objectives. 3. Include diversity and inclusion within the classroom teaching category on faculty evaluations. Include specific ways in which diverse and inclusive content is utilized and effectively taught and measured within the classroom environment. 9. Fairness and Equity Recommendations 1. Review and audit written policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that relevant unwritten practices are congruent. Utilize findings to enhance existing policies, practices, and procedures or create changes where appropriate. 2. System-wide, assess rubrics for hiring to determine if the rubrics are fair and equitable in hiring, promotions, wages, benefits, etc. 3. Ensure that non-alumni have affirmative opportunities. 4. Review job descriptions to ensure that those in or seeking the positions are properly qualified. 5. Review compensation levels (with additional attention to diversity categories) to ensure that they are consistent and adjusted for experience for the hourly employees.
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