University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Plan Report for Operating Principle 3.2 Diversity Issues

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1 Institutional and athletics department commitment a n d organization No issue. UMBC will maintain its c u r r e n t commitment to athletic department diversity activities. Establish a committee outside of Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee. The goal will be to continue to operate the program in accordance with our published mission of running an intercollegiate athletic program that is considered to be an integral part of the educational experience of UMBC; adheres to all university, NCAA, and conference requirements; and is consistent with the broad purposes of the institution at large and specifically aims to create an environment permitting the student athlete to achieve success academically, athletically, and socially. the Diversity Issues Plan ( ) to the APC and. Athletics will continue to include and emphasize the mission statement in policy manuals and handbooks. The, as Chief Academic Officer, will insure that athletics operates the intercollegiate athletic program in a manner consistent with the high academic expectations of the university. Athletics will provide an annual update to the President's Council on the academic success of student-athletes and review the implementation of the gender and diversity plan. President Director of Athletics.. annually reviews materials related to mission and values each spring and provides written findings. annually reviews the Diversity plan each spring and provides written findings to APC and., as part of the reviews policies and procedures to assure this commitment is followed or work with the Athletic Director to take corrective action. Council each summer. Page 1 of 13

2 Assessment. No issue. Athletics will maintain its c u r r e n t commitment to the collection and assessment of data. Establish a committee outside of Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee. Athletics will recruit diverse studentathletes. It will do this by annually collecting and assessing data on the ethnicity of student-athletes and working with coaches to maintain ethnic diversity. These findings will be shared with the the APC and. The will review findings with the and identify corrective actions if these are not met. These will then be shared with President's Council. Subcommittee on APC-DGE will review reports (EADA, America East Conference Report, Board of Regents) to assure athletic department compliance with required record keeping and to assess the diversity of student-athletes in comparison to the overall student population. Director of Athletics. Senior Athletic (). Associate Director Athletics/Recreation Policy Committee.. annually reviews the reports associated with assessment data each spring and provides written findings. annually reviews the data on ethnicity each spring and provides written findings., as part of the reviews report of the APC- GEP to assure this commitment is being met or work with the Athletics director to take corrective action. Council each summer. Page 2 of 13

3 Recruitment Insufficient m i n o r i t y representation in the Athletic department administration. Establish a committee outside of Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee. annually reviews the data on recruitment each spring and provides written findings. Page 3 of 13

4 Athletics will work to have a diverse staff. It will do this by annually collecting and assessing data on the ethnicity of staff and working to recruit a diverse pool of candidates for all staff positions. Look for additional in-house promotions and staff development. Work with UMBC Office of Hum Res. To increase number of minorities in searches for all positions by identifying recruitment techniques that will insure a diverse pool of candidates (e.g. recruitment advertisements, placement of advertisements, search committee composition). Director of Athletics. Senior Associate. Each Spring, the APC-DGE subcommittee annually reviews the recruitment logs of searches to evaluate the success at increasing the number of minority candidates interviewed. The APC-DGE provides written findings that are shared with the APC and., as part of the reviews report of the APC- GEP to assure this commitment is being met or work with the Athletics director to take corrective action. Council each summer. Page 4 of 13

5 H i r i n g practices Lack of minority representation in a t h l e t i c administration positions. Establish a committee outside of Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee on hiring practices. annually reviews the data on hiring practices each spring and provides written findings. Page 5 of 13

6 Increase the diversity of the administrative staff. Do this by increasing the number of minority candidates applying for all job opportunities and emphasizing staff development of internal minority staff to prepare them to be successful candidates for senior positions. Work with human resources to recruit a diverse and strong pool of candidates through internal promotions, targeted recruitment of appropriate associations, and personal contacts. For each search, explain how outcome impacts the diversity plan as part of the justification to Senior Vice President and.. Director of Athletics. Asst. Vice President for Human Resources. will provide an annual report to the APC-DGE of the results of all position searches and the diversity of the candidate pool to measure effectiveness in outreach activities. annually reviews this report as part of the Diversity plan each spring and provides written findings., as part of the reviews report of the APC- GEP on hiring practices to assure this commitment is being met or will work with the Athletics director to take corrective action. Council each summer. Page 6 of 13

7 Retention. No issue. Athletics will maintain its current efforts on minority retention and development. Establish a committee outside Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee on retention. Athletics staff in comparison to UMBC staff as a whole, meets or exceeds staff retention by ethnic category. Turnover rates in department personnel correspond to market conditions. Student retention by ethnic category for athletes meets or exceeds the rate for non-athletes. Monitor exit interviews to identify and address underlying issues raised. Review the turnover of department personnel to determine that a moving three-year average turnover rate doesn't vary significantly by ethnic category. Director of Athletics Senior Assoc. Athletic Director Director of Academic Support Services annually reviews the data on student and staff retention each spring and provides written findings. annually reviews retention data from NCAA, other reports (EADA, Regents, conference, etc.), and studentathlete exit interviews. The APC-DGE provides a written summary of the retention findings to the APC and., as part of the reviews the retention findings as part of the diversity plan review. Council each summer Page 7 of 13

8 Partnerships Student athletes and staff are not always aware of programs ( e.g. diversity, sexual orientation, etc.) offered by other units of the university Have all staff members attend at least one workshop or professional development session per year on issues of diversity Provide a mechanism for alerting student-athletes in a timely fashion on diversity programs being offered by other units in the university. The APC-DGE will annually review the survey results from students and the percentage of staff that attended a diversity workshop and provide written findings on this element of the Diversity Issues Plan ( ). Monitor staff participation in diversity events through the annual performance evaluation conducted in late spring. Send out regular reminders of upcoming programs to student-athletes through the Blackboard Student-athlete community page. Annually survey student-athletes to track awareness and participation in diversity programs. Director of Athletics Director of Academic Support Services Survey will be implemented starting spring 2011 and will run annually. annually reviews the survey results as part of the Diversity plan each spring and provides written findings. In addition, Athletics will provide the APC-DGE with the percentage of its staff that attended a diversity workshop in the prior twelve months., as part of the reviews the partnership findings as part of the diversity plan review. If these partnerships are not occurring the will take corrective action. Council each summer. Page 8 of 13

9 Programs and activities (staff and coaches) Not all staff and coaches have been attending a diversity workshop or training event each year. Provide information on university diversity programs to athletic department staff as part of performance management process (PMP). Require attendance at one diversity program per year by all department staff Athletics will add a professional development requirement into the annual employee performance review held each spring. As part of this Athletics will partner with Human Relations and Student Affairs for multi-cultural events and seminars. Athletics will maintain a spreadsheet tracking by each employee the diversity program attended in that year and provide this to the APC-DGE for review.. Director of Athletics. Senior Athletic Staff performing employee performance reviews. Athletics will provide tracking spreadsheet of staff professional development in diversity and multi-cultural issues to APC-DGE for review. Each spring, APC-DGE subcommittee annually reviews the spreadsheet to verify that athletics is meeting this requirement of the Diversity plan and provides written findings., as part of the reviews the findings on professional development as part of the diversity plan review. If this is not being met the will take corrective action. Council each summer Page 9 of 13

10 Establish a committee outside of Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee of the utilization and effectiveness of programs for staff. annually reviews the data on the number of staff utilizing professional development opportunities each spring and provides written findings. Page 10 of 13

11 Programs and activities (studentathletes) Student-athletes are not aware of many diversity programs offered to students sponsored by the university. Communicate available diversity programs to all student-athletes. and annually review the survey data from students on programs and activities and provide written findings on this element of the Diversity Issues Plan ( ) to the APC and. Continue to put up advertisements in the athletes study center, SAAC council, and team locker rooms. Send out an announcement through the student-athlete blackboard community that all students are enrolled in. Annually survey student-athletes through the Blackboard student-athlete community of how effective our outreach efforts are and the number of student-athletes that attended a program or activity. Share the feedback from student-athletes on these programs with the Office of Student Affairs to help in improving the programs. Director of Athletics Director of Academic Support Services. Create sub-committee on Diversity and Gender Equity (APC-DGE) by March 1,2010 Athletics will survey students in March and provide survey results to APC-DGE. annually reviews these surveys as part of the Diversity plan each spring and provides written findings., as part of the reviews these results as part of the diversity plan review. Council each summer Page 11 of 13

12 Establish a committee outside of Athletics that will perform an annual review of the Diversity and Gender Equity Plan and provide written findings to and Athletic Policy Committee on programs targeting student-athletes. annually reviews the data on programs for student-athletes each spring and provides written findings. Page 12 of 13

13 Participation in governance and decision making No issue. The athletics department will maintain its current level of s t u d e n t participation in governance and decision making matters. Student-athletes are provided opportunity to have input in major decisions affecting the athletic department, especially with regards to decision impacting student-athletes. This is done through a culture of respect and by having student participation in the shared governance process. and will have a student-athlete representative from SAAC on the APC- DGE. As part of the APC-DGE annually review of participation and governance the APC-DGE will review the ethnic and gender representation of SAAC and meet with the SAAC leadership to assess participation in major decisions. The APC- DGE will provide written findings to the APC and on the student participation and governance element of. Director of Athletics. Director of Academic Support Services. Create sub-committee on Diversity and Gender Equity (APC-DGE) by March 1,2010 Athletics will provide compiled list of SAAC attendees to APC-DGE. The annually reviews this list as part of the Diversity plan each spring and provides written findings to the APC and. Monitor membership of SAAC Encourage minority student-athletes participation in SAAC. SAAC will require sign-in sheets and athletics will compile a full list of students that participated, as part of the reviews the student participation findings as part of the diversity plan review. If there are concerns the will work with the Athletic Director to take corrective action. Council each summer Page 13 of 13