Human Resources

In partnership with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the Division of Human Resources participated in an Inclusive Excellence Strategic Planning pilot program. Through this program, we have developed a strategic plan that includes goals related broadly to inclusive excellence. Within the strategies and tactics that support these goals, we are committing to specific actionable items to assist in overturning policies, practices, and structures that enable systemic racism in our community. As a division, we commit to the following: 

• Each member of the HR division will heighten our level of awareness and knowledge by attending at least two trainings related to racial equity and justice over the next year. These can be internal trainings or external/industry specific training. This professional development will allow us to more accurately assess policies and procedures through the lens of necessary change and advocacy. 

• We will provide reoccurring training for managers on how to use the newly created Racial Equity Toolkit. This will allow us to provide knowledge that can assist managers in creating more fair and equitable teams and workplace settings. 

Support Professional Development focused on Racial Justice, Diversity and Inclusion

The Office of Human Resources will introduce and support enhanced learning and development offerings focused on racial justice, diversity and inclusion and will introduce an Inclusive Excellence goal requirement in the CAP system for all employees.   

Update: In fall 2020, Human Resources added the Inclusive Excellence goal as a requirement in the CAP performance management system for staff. 

Expand Training about Bias in Hiring

Human Resources will expand our current mandatory training, Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process, which is currently in place for all faculty searches, to include all administrative searches for positions with managerial oversight of staff and/or programmatic areas.

Update: Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process trainings are now required for all administrative searches for positions with managerial oversight of staff and/or programmatic areas. As of October 2020, the two-hour training had been held for four searches, including for members of the Presidential Search Committee.