Embrace diversity, practice inclusive excellence and strive for equity. Make UC Davis a place of excellence for learning and working by supporting a culture that values the contributions and aspirations of all our students, staff and faculty; promotes wellness and a culture of sustainability; and cultivates the open interchange of ideas.
IMPLEMENT THE 2017 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STRATEGIC VISION
Identify, attract, retain, and graduate a diverse student body
Identify, attract and retain a diverse faculty and staff
Advance a climate that fosters inclusive excellence
Promote diversity and inclusion in all of our research, teaching, public service, and training on campus and in neighboring communities
Ensure accountability to diversity and inclusion efforts on campus and in serving neighboring communities
SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY
Create new programs to educate students about the nature and benefits of freedom of speech and free exchange of ideas
Provide more opportunities for staff, students and faculty to develop stronger support networks and familiarity with each other through organized events that bring people together from across campus and across the causeway
Encourage a culture of wellness on campus
Address the mental health needs of undergraduate and graduate students
Enhance the physical environment to better accommodate students, staff and faculty with physical challenges and disabilities
Improve the physical environment to improve safety, convenience and morale
Strengthen relationships and collaborate with local, community, regional, state, national and global partners to build outreach and recruitment pipelines to the rest of the world
Reduce our carbon footprint through updated waste streams, creative upcycling of post-consumer materials, and an increase reliance on renewable energy
SUPPORTING OUR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Addressing affordability
Support for student communities
Cultural awareness and inclusion
Summer transition program for transfer students
Supporting access and success for veterans
Creation of a central testing center for accommodating student needs
SUPPORTING OUR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS
Support and expand the new “ENVISION UC Davis” program to increase the diversity of the pool of graduate students and prospective faculty
Institute a more robust program for sharing best practices in recruitment of graduate and professional students from diverse backgrounds
Explore factors that impact the acceptance of underrepresented minority students into the graduate and professional programs, such as the increased use of “holistic review” to offset possible effects of unconscious bias in screening applications and the role of the GRE and other standardized test scores in admission decisions
Global Affairs will work with graduate programs across the university to increase the pool of qualified under-represented international students via our Global Centers and by expanding access to fellowship funding
SUPPORTING OUR STAFF AND FACULTY
Advancement and retention
Managerial and supervisory training
Salary equity
METRICS
Metrics from the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision
demographics of eligibility pools, applicants, and enrollments for students
