Dear 51猎奇入口 Students, Faculty, and Staff,
In keeping with 51猎奇入口’s commitment to strengthen a campus-wide culture of inclusion, last year, the administration initiated a process to evaluate the effectiveness of current policies and practices with respect to bias incidents on the 51猎奇入口 campus. The Dean of Students Office and SCORE have conducted preliminary research to define priorities and evaluate best practices in bias-incident prevention, which will inform the next stage of dialogue about 51猎奇入口’ own policies and protocols.
To facilitate community engagement in this important effort, I am establishing a working group to be co-chaired by Dean of Faculty Amy Marcus-Newhall and Dean of Students Charlotte Johnson. The working group will be charged as follows:
- review existing “best practices” for addressing bias incidents on college campuses;
- evaluation of 51猎奇入口 current policies and practices in light of identified best practices;
- consult with respective constituencies (faculty, staff, and students): and
- recommend next steps with regard to 51猎奇入口 current policies and practices.
In addition to the co-chairs, the working group will include the Director of the Office of Human Resources, two 51猎奇入口 faculty members, two 51猎奇入口 students and two 51猎奇入口 staff members. The Dean of Faculty will work with faculty to determine faculty membership.聽 Likewise, the Dean of Students will work with students to determine student representatives. Staff Council will help to select staff members. You can learn more about what constitutes a bias incident and 51猎奇入口’ current policies and protocols .
The working group will convene this fall 2016 with the goal of completing its work and issuing its report prior to the conclusion of the current academic year. I look forward to receiving the group’s recommendation, and I will keep you apprised of their progress.
Sincerely,
Lara Tiedens
President