Affirmative Action, Pluralism and Diversity Compliance
Queensborough Community College is committed to continually developing its community
of faculty, staff and students through the promotion of excellence, inclusion and diversity.
The College is dedicated to recruit, select, and retain individuals who embrace these
values. Queensborough's Inclusive Excellence initiative provide its faculty, staff and
students with a variety of opportunities to enrich themselves intellectually and socially, to
develop the knowledge and skills necessary for success in a global economy. These
initiatives support excellence through its opportunity for access and embrace the diversity
created by our open-admissions for all learners in academic inclusion within an
environment of diversity.
Core Activities and Performance
Core Activity
Key PI
Indicators
Increase the diversity of the QCC workforce.
Reduce areas of underutilization
At the
conclusion of
the program
year for the
Affirmative
Action
Pluralism
and Diversity
office, the
areas of
underutilizati
on will be
tallied to
determine
the
effectiveness
of the
College's
recuritment
efforts.
Preparation for (EEPC) Equal Employment
Practices Comission Audit.
Conduct survey analysis to faculty/staff and gather relevant
Based on
documents for the Equal Employment Practices Comission's audit data
process.
presented to
the Equal
Employment
Practices
Comission,
will we come
out of the
audit with
minimal
recommenda
tions for
improvement
.
Develop and implement programs with the
assistance of the Inclusive
Excellence/Education committee, in
conjunction with the Center for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning, as well as the
Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center.
Tally the number of initiatives implemented.
Yes
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Sexual Harassment Training for the CLIP program
4/6/2010
45
Panel event on bullying/film
4/13/2010
90
Abraham's Children
10/27/2010
110
Increasing Cultural Competence
3/3/2010
12
Increasing Cultural Competence
3/10/2010
12
both
organized
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Kitty
Bateman
Abraham's Children
Fall 2010
Kitty
Bateman
Bullying Event
Spring 2011
Margot
Edlin
Bullying Event
Spring 2011
Arthur
Flug
Abraham's Children
Fall 2010
Arthur
Flug
Bullying Event
Spring 2011
Brian
Kerr
Abraham's Children
Fall 2010
Brian
Kerr
Increasing Cultural Competence
Spring 2011
Brian
Kerr
Bullying Event
Spring 2011
Mercedes
Phillipe
Increasing Cultural Competence
Spring 2011
Ayala
Tamir
Abraham's Children
Fall 2010
Meg
Tarafdar
Increasing Cultural Competence
Spring 2011
Meg
Tarafdar
Bullying Event
Spring 2011
Kitty
Bateman
Sexual Harassment Workshop
Spring 2011
Brian
Kerr
Sexual Harassment Workshop
Spring 2011
Conference Presentation,
other
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Changes in Department within Last Year
Change Type
Change
Reason
Semester
New Shredder
The office of Affirmative Action,
Pluralism and Diversity Compliance
never had one
Fall 2010
Mild office renovation to remove excess file
cabinets
Create more open space and organize
for audit
Spring 2011
Equipment
Personnel
Affirmative Action, Pluralism Diversity Officer New role within University Promotion
left Queensborough Community College in
August 2010
Fall 2010
Assessment and Evaluation
KPI
Target Outcome
Actual Outcome
Action Plan
Status
Reduce areas of
Underutilization
Programs such as:
Abraham's Children and
events on Bullying which
were both well attended
Over 150 faculty, staff and
students attended both events
Continue to offer
programs which
emphasize the topics
within the course syllabi
and diversity topics
Continuing
Preparing the office
for theEqual
Employment
Practices Comission
audit
Conduct survey analysis
Getting through the audit process Ongoing
used by Equal Employment without having to institute too
Practices Comission to
many changes
show that diversity efforts
are practiced and
understood on the campus
Work with Center for Students, Faculty and Staff Over 500 students, faculty and
Excellence in
attendance of scheduled
staff offered events sponsored by
Teaching and
events
students.
Learning and
Kupferberg
Holocaust Resource
Center to develop
programs to increase
the understanding of
diversity
Continuing
Work with Faculty and
Continuing
Staff to determine other
areas of need to be
discuss in the next fiscal
years planning
Assessment Plan
Core Activity
KPI
Target Outcome
Reduce areas of
Underutilization across
faculty units
At the beginning of the fiscal Reduce areas of Underutilization by
year, discuss recruitment
appropriate % over a set time period
plan strategies with College
President, Provost, and
Department Chairs
Plan
Work on current searches to
determine the possibility of
adding diversity to the
campus via the available
pool.
Develop new activities and Work with Inclusive
training programs to
Excellence/Education
address over diverse
Committee to implement
campus community
best training practices
Work with underutilized departments Inclusive Excellence
to get them involved with information Committee will assist in the
a broader discussion of inclusion
efforts to train and introduce
departments to new
programs.
Work with Chairs and
Lower internal investigation
department administrators rate
on ways to limit
discrimination complaints
in their respective
departments
Lower rate by 10%
Work with department chairs
and administrative directors
on best practices