Campus Climate

What's Inside

• Message from Chancellor Black
• Organizational Structure
  • Leadership Team
  • Campus Change Team
  • Unit Change Team
• Model for Change
• Strategic Plan Goal 2
• Strategies and Actions
• Definitions of Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice
• Climate Surveys
• Campus Events and Programs
• Related UMD Offices and Programs
• Related UMD Student Organizations
• State and National Resources
• Reference Materials
• How to Report Incidents that Undermine and Degrade the Campus Climate
• Contact Us

• Office of the Chancellor Home

Model for Change

To support, advance and embed social justice values of inclusion, equity and diversity into the fabric of the University, the Campus Change Team has organized its efforts around these objectives. We encourage unit change teams to adopt this model and recommend strategies, actions and goals that are aligned with these elements. We hope that this approach will facilitate collaboration and communication across units.

1. Campus Climate and Intergroup Relations
   1. Develop a shared and inclusive understanding of diversity
   2. Improve campus climate for all who study, work and visit the University
   3. Engage external community partners, alumni and donors in developing strategies to
      advance inclusion, equity and diversity
2. Representation: Access and Success
   1. Recruit, retain and graduate a diverse student body
   2. Recruit, retain and develop a diverse faculty and staff
3. Education and Scholarship
   1. Develop curricula, pedagogies, and research that foster inclusivity, accessibility and cultural competencies
4. Institutional Viability and Vitality
   1. Develop leadership and management capacity around equity and diversity work
   2. Coordinate organizational change to support diversity goals

(1) University of Minnesota Reimagining Equity and Diversity: A Framework for Transforming
the University of Minnesota (2008?)

(2) Pennsylvania State University A Framework to Foster Diversity at Penn State 2010-2015 (2010)

(3) Irvine Campus Diversity Evaluation Initiative Project (2005)