Principal Investigator Edmund Bertschinger
Co-investigators Abigail M Francis , Alyce Johnson , Sharon M Bridburg , Barbara Liskov , Wesley Harris , W Grimson , DiOnetta Crayton
Project Website http://diversity.mit.edu/
e Diversity Leadership Congress, November 2008,was a springboard for an array of distributed efforts across the Institute. As Institute leaders with responsibilities for diversity and inclusion, we are meeting regularly to coordinate our efforts and begin to shape a shared agenda. From the over 1000 comments generated by the Congress, we have identified five current strategies for advancing diversity and inclusion at MIT:
(*) Grow the network of distributed leadership across campus(*) Increase the general knowledge and understanding of Diversity & Inclusion (D & I)(*) Ensure a clear and consistent message and maintain the visibility of D&I as a MIT priority(*) Embed D & I into all relevant MIT practices and processes(*) Pilot tools that will enable individuals and groups to leverage diversity
Each of these strategies is being implemented through a combination of the following initiatives:
Institute-wide -- Expand the efforts of the Committee on Race and Diversity - The Committee, consisting of faculty, staff and students, is implementing an active agenda which includes a Speaker Series, revising its Grants Process, proposing the creation of a multicultural concentration, and expanding the audience for the MLK celebration activities.
Faculty -- Respond to Initiative on Faculty Race and Diversity- The Associate Provosts for Faculty Equity, Wesley Harris and Barbara Liskov, will assist with responding to the recommendations to be published by this committee, chaired by Professor Paula Hammond in Fall 2013.