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Diversity Plan:
2003 - 2005
Goal I: Climate
USM continuously strives to make the campus a welcoming
climate inclusive in its understanding and integration across
multiple dimensions of diversity, including, but not limited
to, diversity based on race and ethnicity, gender, disability,
sexual orientation, and age gender expression and identity,
religion and class.
Assessment of achievements
- The Divisions's commitment to this goal is reflected in
its mission and goal statements and supported through the
efforts of the individual departments within the Division.
There remains a need to do more systematic assessment of
goal progress.
- The Division office assumes responsibility for monitoring,
assessing, and ensuring that the programming and services
of the departments within its purview share in this commitment.
The structure of this responsibility is reflected in its
goals for 2003-2006.
Goals for 2003-2006
Divisional
- The Division will continue to promote departmental programs
and services to ensure a campus climate that is welcoming
and inclusive.
- The Division will identify sources of funding to help
support departmental diversity efforts.
- The Division will develop an assessment strategy that
will provide more complete evidence of individual departmental
efforts in meeting this goal. Such a strategy will include
the gathering of evidence regarding the impact of efforts
to educate and inform faculty and staff as well as programming
and services for students.
Academic Advising and Enrollment Services
- Continue to maintain a welcoming atmosphere in Advising
Services.
- Continue to educate staff members in regards to underrepresented
groups through workshops, conference participation and literature.
- Work with the Academic Support for Students with Disabilities
to create a support network through the Peer Advising program.
- Work with the Muskie School to develop a program to promote
and make available post-secondary educational opportunities
for youth in foster care.
Learning Foundations
- Maintain an atmosphere within the Learning Center that
is welcoming and embraces diversity.
Assessment
- Work with the Executive Director to develop an assessment
strategy to gather evidence that the Division's departments
are achieving this goal.
Support for Students with Disabilities
- Maintain an office that is welcoming to all students.
- Develop a service satisfaction survey to gather evidence
of achievement regarding this goal.
GOAL II: Academic Experience
The USM curriculum and academic experience increasingly
reflects the multiplicity and diversity of communities and
cultures locally, nationally, and globally.
Assessment of achievements
- The Division's commitment to this goal is reflected in
the curricula of the courses and programs the departments
under its purview offers. There remains a need to do more
systematic assessment of goal progress.
Goals for 2003-2006
- The Division will continue to promote departmental programs
and services to ensure that programs, courses, and services
respond to this goal.
- The Division will identify sources of funding to help
support departmental programming and service efforts to
promote diversity.
- The Division will develop an assessment strategy that
will provide more complete evidence of individual departmental
efforts in meeting this goal.
Academic Advising and Enrollment Services
- Continue to ensure the topic of diversity is focused upon
within HRD 110 Choices, Changes and Careers and HRDX 220
College to Careers; courses for undeclared students.
- Promote the necessity of a diversity focus in FRS 100
University Seminar; a course required of students admitted
with conditions.
Learning Foundations
- Continue to offer module within the Tutor Certification
program that addresses multicultural issues.
- Develop a module for inclusion within the training for
part-time faculty that addresses multicultural issues.
- Continue to offer presentations with the Center for Teaching
on multicultural issues.
Assessment
- Work with the Executive Director to develop an assessment
strategy to gather evidence that the Division's departments
are achieving this goal.
Support for Student with Disabilities
- Continue to offer programs within the Center for Teaching
on supporting students with disabilities.
- Continue to provide consultation services to faculty and
staff regarding the support of students with disabilities.
GOAL III: Student Recruitment and Retention
USM strives to increase the diversity of its student
body through active outreach and recruitment. USM increasingly
works to develop structures and mechanisms that support the
retention of all students, particularly students of color
and other underrepresented populations.
Assessment of achievements
- The Division's commitment to supporting the retention
of all students, particularly students of color and other
underrepresented populations is reflected in the student
support programs and services offered within each of the
department within its purview. There remains a need to do
more systematic assessment of goal progress.
Goals for 2003-2006
Division
- The Division will continue to promote departmental programs
and services to support the retention of all students.
- The Division will identify sources of funding to help
support departmental programming and service efforts to
promote student retention.
- The Division will develop an assessment strategy that
will provide more complete evidence of individual departmental
efforts in meeting this goals. Such a strategy will include
the gathering of evidence regarding the impact of retention
programming and services.
Academic Advising and Enrollment Services
- Continue to evaluate international transcripts.
- Continue collaboration with Support for Students with
Disabilities Office and exploring ways to identify an advising
liaison to work with students with disabilities.
- Continue the educational focus of diversity issues during
orientation leader training and the peer leadership seminar.
- Continue the academic advising plan for the English Language
Bridge Program students in consultation with the director
of ESL.
- Continue the assignment of two academic advisors to work
directly with the international and local immigrant and
refugee population.
- Continue to maintain a welcoming atmosphere in advising
services.
- Continue to work with Academic Support for Students with
Disabilities to support students in their pursuit of academic
success.
- Continue to act as an avenue of referral to appropriate
support services for diverse students.
- Act as an advising liaison for Native American students.
- Administer an educational planning survey to attain information
to enable advisors to work effectively with students; identifying
potential barriers to success, early intervention and connection
with appropriate services.
- Continue to implement the Academic Support Plan as a support
system for students admitted with conditions.
- Continue an advising program that promotes a proactive
approach to academic advising that develops the advising
relationship early in the student's academic career.
- Identify diverse students to become peer advisors and
orientation leaders.
- Collaborate with the academic schools and colleges and
the dean of students to revise and implement changes to
the New Student Advising and Registration Program to insure
all new students are involved in a program that promotes
the understanding of diversity.
- Incorporate diversity issues into the Family Member Program.
- Continue the dissemination of the Veterans' Newsletter
and Handbook, which updates, informs and connects students
with the institution.
- Continue Veterans' Day Open House which celebrates veteran
students.
- Develop extracurricular programs that promote the academic
success of Veterans.
- Promote work study opportunities for Veterans.
- Develop a review process for advisors and the advising
program.
Learning Foundations
- Continue to assess the success of programs and services
in improving the retention of all students and, in particular,
those from underrepresented populations.
- Continue to refine the tutorial support for non-native
speaking students.
Assessment
Work with the Executive Director to develop an assessment
strategy to gather evidence that the Division's departments
are achieving this goal.
Support for Students with Disabilities
- Explore the development of a program for students with
learning disabilities.
- Explore funding for a supported education program for
students with disabilities.
GOAL IV: Faculty and Staff Recruitment and Retention
USM strives to increase the diversity of faculty
and staff, particularly faculty and staff of color, but inclusive
of other underrepresented populations as defined in Goal I.
Assessment of achievements
- The Division's commitment to increasing the diversity
of faculty and staff is reflected in its approaches to hiring.
As positions become available, every effort is made to recruit
qualified individuals from underrepresented populations.
Goals for 2003-2006
Division
- The Division will continue its commitment to increasing
the diversity of its faculty and staff through its hiring
practices.
Academic Advising and Enrollment Services
- Continue to promote diversity within each job description
and search process.
Learning Foundations
- Continue to promote diversity within each position description
and the search process.
- Maintain and continue to expand the diversity of tutors
within the Learning Center.
Assessment
- Work with the Executive Director to develop an assessment
strategy to gather evidence that the Division's departments
are achieving this goal.
Support for Students with Disabilities
- Continue to promote diversity within each job description
and search process to ensure the range of disabilities students
face are represented within the staff.
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