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Training Seeks to Aid Faculty in Promotion Process

Course Provides Tips for Writing, Evaluating Statements of Contribution to DEI

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A new training module provides tips and tools for faculty members who are applying for advancement and choose to write optional statements of contribution to diversity, equity and inclusion. (Karin Higgins/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

Faculty members looking to bolster their applications for advancement can get tips from a new training module that covers writing optional statements of contribution to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI.

It provides tips and tools for faculty members interested in writing a statement of contributions to DEI, and also includes guidance for those who are evaluating colleagues鈥 statements.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 possible your already meritorious teaching, research or service, when they intersect with significant contributions to DEI, could lead to an academic record being 鈥榦utstanding,鈥欌 Phil Kass, vice provost for Academic Affairs, said of the potential benefits of writing a statement during the advancement process. He said higher marks can lead to a faculty member moving up further in the same amount of time 鈥 potentially another half-step on the .

The online training was created in consultation with faculty members at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis and other universities, and was first offered as a pilot program in fall 2021. Its creators have revised it to incorporate feedback from faculty members.

Statements of contribution to DEI are required when candidates apply for ladder rank and security of employment faculty positions at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, but remain optional for current faculty members going through the merit and promotion process.

Kass said the university does not have any plans to change those rules, but emphasized the importance of maintaining a focus on DEI, which he said makes the university鈥檚 education more equitable and inclusive for all of California鈥檚 students. He said as a public, land-grant university, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis has a responsibility and imperative to educate all.

鈥淥ur students are extraordinarily diverse. Close to half are first-gen, and many are from historically marginalized communities,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e have a responsibility to educate such students and open up opportunities and pathways to success, and that can be a challenge when they鈥檝e been underrepresented in our university community.鈥

According to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 formal personnel policies, contributions to DEI can include 鈥渆fforts to advance equitable access to education, public service that addresses the needs of California鈥檚 diverse population, or research in a scholar鈥檚 area of expertise that highlights inequalities,鈥 and those contributions should be evaluated just like a faculty member鈥檚 other work.

DEI continues to be a major focus across all areas of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, and the university鈥檚 efforts have earned recognition 鈥 in 2019, it was one of three universities to receive bronze award certification and serve as charter members in the American Association for the Advancement of Science鈥檚 STEMM Equity Achievement, or SEA, Change Initiative focused on DEI in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.

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