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Diversity Plan:
2003 - 2005
GOAL I: Climate
USM continuously strives to make the climate 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,
age, gender expression and identity, religion and class.
Provide access to SIRS resources whether in the form of research,
hardware, software, knowledge, and/or time for all departments
within the Enrollment Management division regardless of the
individual.
GOAL II: Academic Experience
The USM academic experience, which includes both curricular
and co-curricular activities, increasingly reflects the multiplicity
and diversity of communities and cultures locally, nationally
and globally.
Provide a learning atmosphere of the Student Information System
for all university communities and those thereof that are
part of each university community regardless of employment
status, race, gender, religious beliefs, enrollment status,
etc.
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.
Continue to maintain the integrity of data entered into the
Student Information System for all students whether represented
or underrepresented.
Provide data regarding all groups in an equal and nondiscriminatory
fashion. Data is data and cannot be manipulated or massaged
for any group whether part of the represented or underrepresented.
Continue to provide analysis of data strictly based on the
data that is requested so as to not under-represent any group,
even the represented.
Ensure that the data requirements for information connected
to diverse populations is considered and addressed during
the implementation of the new student information system (PeopleSoft).
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.
Strive for continued access for all faculty and administrators
regarding student information so that daily operations within
all functional areas have an opportunity to make use of its
processes and procedures efficiently.
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