Strategic Diversity Plan Update - Implementation
In 2001, the first strategic diversity plan was launched. Since that time, the campus has experienced successes as well as challenges. Seven years later, CMU has a revised plan that is integral to its institutional mission and goals. The 2008 Strategic Plan for Advancing Diversity: Blueprint for the 21st Century and Beyond, led by Dr. Denise O'Neil Green, CMU's chief diversity officer, has been shaped by conversations and input from multiple committees and campus groups. While it builds on the original 2001 plan, the revised plan also builds on the CMU 2010 Vision Plan and efforts that grew out of the President's 22 Diversity Charges issued in December 2006.
Implementation of the university's revised diversity plan will begin this fall with convening an implementation committee in September. The implementation committee will form five subcommittees, one for each diversity priority area, including (1) climate, (2) workforce, (3) student body, (4) curriculum, and (5) organizational structure. Each subcommittee will have five core tasks: (1) define measurable goals for that priority; (2) determine assessment measures with the assistance of institutional research; (3) determine a timeline for each goal; (4) determine the amount of resources needed for the initiatives outlined in the plan; and (5) determine the appropriate offices that should lead the effort.
This plan includes specific priorities and concrete strategies for implementation and it serves as a guide to assist the university in focusing on the priorities and strategies for developing and implementing diversity initiatives.
For an overview of the plan, please click here. If you wish to download a copy of the entire strategic plan, please click here.
Dr. Green encourages the university community to review this important document. If you have any comments or questions, please send them to divplan1@cmich.edu.