Chico state has added a new priority to its Strategic Plan for the Future. The new priority was drafted by the University Diversity Council last year, and after being reviewed by a number of Chico State committees and individuals, it was approved. The plan states “we will continue to develop and enhance programs, policies and activities to create and sustain a welcoming and inclusive learning and working environment for all.”

What does this mean for the university? Some of the actions to be implemented include:

• Increase university outreach and access for underrepresented and diverse student groups
• Improve the success of students from underrepresented populations
• Ensure that curricular and co-curricular programs foster diversity,
  equity, and inclusion competencies and engagement with the issues
• Engage and support faculty, staff and student scholarship, creativity and research on diversity
• Develop a shared understanding of “inclusive excellence” and what it means to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution
• Develop, implement and regularly assess policies, programs,
  activities and funding mechanisms that create and sustain a welcoming
  and inclusive campus climate
• Increase diversity in faculty, staff and administration at all levels of the University
• Design and implement a system of recognition and accountability for
  increasing campus diversity and fostering a welcoming and inclusive
  learning and working environment

The added priority was implemented on May 11.

Eric Couderc McGuire can be reached at [email protected] or@ericcoudercmcg on Twitter.