Affirmative Action Plans

UHR and OIDI have being collaborating with academic and administrative departments to increase awareness and knowledge on federal, state and university guidelines for addressing underutilization among women and underrepresented minorities.

UHR has been working with departments to review the diversity of candidate pools.  

Qual Studies

To unpack the results of the climate studies conducted in Spring 2016, OIDI is currently preparing to collect qualitative data via focus groups and structured qualitative interviews with students, faculty, and staff from respective administrative and academic departments and units. 

HUGs

A working group has been established to review current definitions and data collection and reporting processes. Specifically, the working group is working on delineating and articulating aspects of identity that are salient to students, faculty and staff but that are not fully captured from enrollment data information (e.g., LGBTQ, disability, religious, socioeconomic and other identities).

Mentoring Programs

A Mentoring Programs Committee has been meeting to consider coordination of mentoring resources and re-alignment and expansion of existing mentoring programs. A Lifework Connections event geared towards current graduate students to offer greater mentoring and networking opportunities with graduate school alumni was held in early Spring 2017. A Lifework Forum Event geared towards undergraduate students is planned for mid Spring 2017. Efforts are underway to expand ALANA Mentoring Program. The FOC Network has established a mentoring program for faculty of color.

Support for Campus Life Centers

Additional staff support is currently being expanded in Campus Life and Student Services.  Since July 2016, a new program coordinator has been hired in the LGBTQ Center, and three key staff positions have been expanded and/or strengthened by retooling existing resources — —the LGBTQ Center director; Protestant chaplain and Muslim chaplain. A part-time position to support Muslim students is also being piloted.

 

CAPS Cultural Competence

Counseling and Psychological Services has diversified its staff (45% are staff of color) and expanded resources for culturally competent services. In addition, CAPS staff members have initiated new outreach opportunities at the Brown Center for Students of Color, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center and LGBTQ Center. They have additionally engaged in a yearlong process to explore an integrated, holistic vision of health and wellness, while simultaneously considering the efficacy of space and geography of offices and resources on campus from a health and wellness perspective.

Low Income Students

Campus Life and Student Services administers an emergency fund intended to support the essential and critical living and learning expenses of low-income students.  This fund for undergraduate, graduate and professional students has been doubled from $60,000 to $120,000.

DPS

DPS, with support from OIDI, continues to offer opportunities for its staff to gain hands-on training to tackle issues relevant to supporting a diverse campus community (see DPS’s DDIAP for training goals).

Impact on Providence

The Office of Government and Community Affairs has convened a working group to review existing initiatives and programs, as well as to consider how best to leverage resources to support ongoing work of Brown University in the Providence/RI area. The group is currently undertaking a comprehensive survey to assess current initiatives initiated by Brown faculty, students and staff. The working group will issue a report in Spring 2017.

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