Strategic Goal II

Invest in the success of the people who teach, do research, work, learn, and live at UCR

• Improve faculty diversity, retention, and success across colleges

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Build Partnership with Academy of Distinguished Teachers on Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop series to separate out Chancellor's MEI Program for Faculty/Instructors	Partnered with UC Merced VP Academic Affairs & Strategy Christiane Spitzmueller on qualitative studies to address bias intervention in merit/promotion processes
  Apply for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) SEA Change Institutional Bronze Award
  Launch Qualitative Survey and improved Quantitative Elements (Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, in partnership with VPAP and Faculty Welfare/CODEI Senate Committees)
  Use HSI, AANAPISI, and BTI Committees to offer more targeted workshops for graduate and professional school preparation	Created the Black Thriving Initiative (BTI) Committee Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) committee and AANAPISI newsletter available

• Strengthen equitable undergraduate student success, retention and experience

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Scale out CNAS faculty mentorship program (ARA) to additional schools/colleges
  Highlight and scale out work of HSI, AANAPISI, and BTI Committees; Use these committees to offer more targeted workshops for graduate and professional school preparation
  Increase accessibility and universal mobility across UCR campus (Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Disability Inclusion work group)
  Co-Sponsor ASUCR VPDEI "DEI Student Voice Forum"

• Increase graduate student diversity, pipelines and success

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Scale out CNAS faculty mentorship program (ARA) to additional schools/colleges
  Facilitate HSRU Mellon Crossing Latinidades Graduate Student Fellows Program and HSRU Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  Refresh Graduate and Professional Student Chancellor's Making Excellence Inclusive (MEI) Diversity Certificate Program	Created MEI Program KPIs & Survey Metrics
  Provide 3-Day Summer Intensive Inclusive Pedagogy Symposium
  Partner with Graduate Division for more professional development into the professoriate

• Foster inclusive culture and climate for staff and faculty

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Improve visibility of the work of staff/faculty affinity groups
  Update content on hosted staff/faculty affinity group webpages	Affinity groups website

• Improve campus and community stakeholder partnerships and engagement toward institutional success

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Heighten visibility of the work of the Chancellor's Advisory Committees (internal and external)

Strategic Goal III

Expand the visibility and scope of influence of UCR locally, nationally, and globally

• Earn California's Black-Serving Institution (BSI) designation

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Convene the Black Thriving Initiative (BTI) Committee to formalize UCR's Black Thriving Strategic Plan and submit the formal BSI application.

• Earn recertification of Seal of Excelencia

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Earn 3-year recertification in 2027	Designation earnedinitially in 2021, then recertified in 2024

• Convene/Facilitate Chief Diversity Officers of University Innovation Alliance institutions

  ACTIONS	PROGRESS
  Lead national council to model partnership in institutional effectiveness in underrepresented undergraduate student success