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Workstream:
Compositional Diversity
Goal:
Recognizing that ensuring a diverse community is our responsibility and that excellence does not exist without diversity, the Compositional Diversity Workstream will examine the makeup of our faculty, staff, and students, as well as our academic and administrative leadership, and make specific recommendations on designing new processes to recruit and retain a more diverse university community at all levels, and across all schools, centers, and units of the University. This will include recruiting and retaining diverse faculty and staff, as well as further attracting, admitting, and serving diverse students and ensuring a diverse pipeline.
Charge and Approach:
To advise the President and Tufts’ administration, the Working Group will present data on Tufts’ current compositional diversity along with historical data and context. It will identify key areas on which efforts at achievable improvement should be focused and suggest strategies for that improvement. It will approach its work through gathering historical data from Tufts but also comparative data from other institutions, in order to establish and assess the university’s current compositional diversity. It will then research best practices and gather input from the community before devising its recommendations.
Committee Structure:
The committee will have four subgroups—faculty, staff, students, and academic leadership—with membership from the committee and further members as deemed necessary to give the fullest perspective.
Community Engagement:
The committee will have a webpage/wiki for community input, suggestions, and feedback that will be reviewed in a continuous manner and provided to the committee prior to each meeting. In addition, the committee will send members to faculty meetings at all schools and engage community members through a series of focus groups and large group discussions to ensure it garners input and feedback while developing recommendations. The committee will also seek input from and report to the Faculty Senate and the various student leadership groups.
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