Diversity Strategic Thinking (February 2009 – August 2009)
In fall 2008, the Provost sought nominations from Deans and Vice Chancellors of individuals to serve on a campus-level Diversity Strategic Thinking and Planning Committee. The DSTP Committee met over many weeks and worked to outline the DSTP process. The DSTP Committee continues to meet and will devote a good part of the year to Diversity Strategic Thinking. The goal of this first stage of the process is to consider how UIC interprets, accomplishes, assesses, and utilizes our diversity.
Diversity Strategic Thinking will also occur within the colleges and administrative units. College and unit diversity committees are being assembled and will – like the campus DSTP Committee – complete a Diversity Strategic Thinking exercise and work collaboratively to share information with one another and with the campus. The efforts of these committees and their communications with students, faculty, and staff will provide the foundation for stage two of the process in which college/unit and campus Diversity Strategic Plans are developed.
At the conclusion of the Diversity Strategic Thinking stage in late summer, the DSTP Committee and college/unit-committees will draft formal documents outlining their diversity philosophies, current activities, and future priorities. Diversity Strategic Thinking documents will be submitted to the campus on August 1, 2009. The Diversity Strategic Thinking outcomes will guide the campus, colleges, and units in more fully integrating diversity in their current Strategic Plans, so the plans specify diversity goals, steps for attaining them, and mechanisms to assess progress towards achieving them.
Detailed information about the Diversity Strategic Thinking activities of the DSTP Committee is available in the Campus Activities section of this Web site. Similar details about Diversity Strategic Thinking activities within the colleges and administrative units are accessible in the College/Unit Activities section. Additional information will be added as the year progresses.
Diversity Strategic Planning (August 2009 – January 2010)