Office of DEI

Office of DEI

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) leads and supports university-wide initiatives focused on the recruitment of a diverse faculty, staff and student body, while fostering an inclusive and equitable community at the University of Michigan. Key to this is campuswide leadership of the DEI Strategic Plan.

The support provided by ODEI includes:

Facilitating and supporting progress in all of the university’s schools, colleges and campus units, among them Student Life, Athletics and Michigan Medicine, throughout the plan’s five-year timeline (2016–2021).
Tracking and reporting in accordance with metrics that were established in the original plan and are being further developed as implementation progresses.
Conducting university climate surveys on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Serving as a key curator of other institutional data and information on diversity, equity and inclusion. Reporting to and communicating with university leadership and the community at large on progress under the strategic plan.
Reporting to and communicating with university leadership and the community at large.
Addressing emergent issues and providing leadership on issues and concerns about progress under the strategic plan.

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