Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.15
Liaison Michelle Patterson
Submission Date Aug. 6, 2011
Executive Letter Download

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Washington University in St. Louis
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Michelle Milligan
Associate Provost
Office of the Provost
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee?:
Yes

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The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :
Goals: 1. Increase the proportion of women and underrepresented faculty at all ranks through hiring, retention and promotion. 2. Increase the number of women and underrepresented faculty in leadership positions at WU. 3. Ensure that we continue to pay all faculty equitably. The Provost will work closely with the Senate Council to evaluate faculty pay equity on a regular basis. 4. Foster an intellectual and administrative climate where all faculty have opportunities to contribute to the direction of the University. Specific initiatives: *Develop initiatives to promote faculty leadership, with an express purpose of involving women and minorities more deeply in University life. *Recognize women and underrepresented faculty through endowed chairs and internal awards. *Establish ombudspersons for both the Danforth and Medical Campuses who will provide confidential, independent, nonpolitical, and knowledgeable counsel and advocacy for faculty members. *Ensure accepted search procedures are followed, particularly those that encourage diversity as an important criterion in searches. This will include supporting annual workshops for search committees. *Develop target of opportunity recruitment policies (where they do not exist). *Collect and report data on the representation of women and underrepresented groups in the applicant pools, finalist pools and offers made for all faculty searches. *Strengthen faculty retention through mentoring and other processes. *Initiate third party exit interviews for faculty who leave Washington University. *Create standards for accountability to evaluate progress within schools, departments or divisions.

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Members of the committee, including affiliations :
Adrienne Davis, Vice Provost John Baugh, Arts & Sciences Brian Carpenter, Arts & Sciences Marion Crain, Law Mary Ann Dzuback, Arts & Sciences Diana Gray, Medicine Debra Haire-Joshu, Social Work Jeff Lowell, Medicine Judi McLean Parks, Business Jim McLeod, Administration Leah Merrifield, Administration Shelley Milligan, Administration Helen Piwnica-Worms, Medicine Carolyn Sargent, Arts & Sciences Larry Shapiro, Medicine Lisa Siddens, Administration Elzbieta Sklodowska, Arts & Sciences Denise Ward-Brown, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Gerhild Williams, Arts & Sciences Frank Yin, Engineering Luis Zayas, Social Work

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Does the institution have a diversity and equity office?:
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity coordinator?:
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