Strategies and action items for Products are designed to integrate DEI solutions into our educational program offerings and teaching methodology, and to ensure scholarly research on diversity, equity and inclusion, and the scholars who produce it, are valued and supported.
The U-M University Diversity & Social Transformation Professorship (UDSTP) was established to honor senior faculty who have throughout their careers demonstrated a commitment to the university’s ideals of DEI through their scholarship, teaching and/or service and engagement. As of September 2022, there have been four cohorts with a total of 27 UDSTPs.
Established in 2017, the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship recognizes a U-M senior faculty member who has made important contributions to understanding DEI through research, scholarship and creative endeavors; who has an outstanding record as an educator in teaching and mentoring; and whose work has focused on issues of importance to underrepresented communities. To date, three faculty members have received this award: James S. Jackson, Patricia Gurin and Arline T. Geronimus.
During the five years of DEI 1.0, the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) developed and offered over 600 programs focused on Inclusive Teaching (now referred to as Equity-focused Teaching) to over 6,400 U-M instructors.
During the five years of DEI 1.0 and evaluation year, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) continued to collaboratively support and promote several awards recognizing individuals and groups of faculty, staff and students whose efforts have significantly contributed to building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive campus environment.
This initiative—now completed—was active in the first three years of the five-year DEI Strategic Plan. Over the course of the three-year grant period, a total of 283 proposals were submitted by students, faculty and staff and reflected a broad range of issues and concerns. Sixty-three proposals were selected for full or partial funding for a total of $282,000.
During DEI 1.0, the University of Michigan raised over $98,665,000 for a wide range of DEI initiatives and funds, including scholarships for first-generation students. In 2020-21, $80,600 was raised to establish U-M’s George Floyd Memorial Scholarship.
Since Year One of the DEI Strategic Plan implementation, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has partnered with the Office of Budget and Planning and University Human Resources to build a repository of diversity-, equity- and inclusion-related data to support the planning needs and decision-making in the 50 planning units.
The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) generated a campuswide directory of nearly 400 U-M scholars who are conducting DEI-related research, and identified areas of expertise to organize clusters of scholars and track their engagement and impact, and to provide professional development and networking opportunities.
Currently, 100% of schools and colleges include DEI content in their annual Faculty Activity Reports (FARs)—a significant first step in making DEI contributions an element of the promotion and tenure review process.
