AREAS OF FOCUS

• Hire and retain People of Color, especially African-Americans, Latinos and women faculty in underrepresented departments, and women in senior management positions.
• Establish an institutional team to review on an ongoing basis all aspects of equal employment and equal education opportunity and affirmative action, as well as make appropriate adjustments, including the issues of retention of Faculty and Staff of Color, so that there are no policies and/or procedures that have an adverse impact.
• Conduct EEO/AA and an institutional assessment to better understand the multi-faceted nature of diversity issues/concerns at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and develop a diversity plan.
• Create diverse candidate pools based on geographical area.
• Identify a University-wide initiative that achieves EEO/AA for the entire five campuses with appropriate individuals perhaps EEO/AA and Human Resources professionals.