Strategic Planning Outcome Status Report
Date: May 17, 2004
Sponsor: Ray Fontaine
Committee Co-Chairs: Ray Fontaine, Ken Coopwood
Outcome No. 4
Provide a brief description of your outcome:
IUN has a shared definition and understanding of diversity as a critical part of academic
excellence by 12/31/2004.
Activities
completed to date
Conducted research
and literature review
on components of
academic excellence
and gathered
existing information
on diversity at IUN
Method of
Engagement/Feedback
Committee Sub-Teams (4)
& Full Committee
Submitted working
definition of
diversity to campus
community
Full Committee.
Emailed entire campus
community. Conducted
open forum. Conducted
personal interviews with
faculty.
Developed a revised
draft of diversity
linking to and
supporting academic
excellence
Distributed revised
draft of diversity
definition to campus
(Phase II)
Full Committee
Solicit specific draftrelated feedback using
email, hard copy packages,
invitation letter, web-based
responses, attending
faculty organizations, and
feedback sessions with
staff and students
Results (for both activity and
engagement process)
Committee created a distribution
package to solicit feedback from
campus community. It included
a working definition on diversity
based upon previously adopted
definitions and invited the
campus to connect diversity to
academic excellence
Essential definition acceptable
10 written responses
25 open forum responses
7 faculty responses
random responses
approx. 55 responses generated
from engagement of approx 100
Ready to distribute revision
30 responses received
Dates
09/01/2003 –
01/31/2004
1/31/2004–
3/24/2004
4/28/04
4/30/04
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OUTCOME 4
Strategic Planning Outcome Status Report
Note: In filling out the next chart, any activities identified as well as engagement approaches
should only be listed if the sponsor is at least 95% confident of achieving their success by the dates
identified.
Activities remaining to be
completed
Gather, analyze and evaluate
responses
Prepare final document
Distribute final document and
solicit evidence for the unit
Annual Reports that
demonstrates an understanding
of diversity as a critical
component to academic
excellence
Submit final report to Cabinet
Proposed Engagement
Sponsor, deans, unit responses
Expected completion dates
6/30/04
Committee
7/15/04
Deans, faculty and Vice
7/16/04 – 10/31/04
Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Full Committee and Cabinet
12/13/04
What do you need in terms of support or other resources (including any identified personnel
listed above) to ensure achievement of your outcome by December 31, 2004?
No particular additional resources deemed necessary.
AQIP
Describe whatever challenges you anticipate or have encountered in applying the AQIP process
to your outcome?

What data have you collected that address the AQIP questions that were assigned to your
committee’s outcome?
None; however, after meeting with the Outcome 3 sponsor to assign AQIP questions some data
collected may be useful in addressing specific campus sentiment about valuing people.
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OUTCOME 4
Strategic Planning Outcome Status Report

What are your specific action steps to ensure that the data needed to complete the systems
portfolio related to your Outcome have been completed by November 30?
o
Work with Outcome #3 sponsor to jointly decide how to coordinate answers and which
committee will answer specific questions.
Chairs: Outcome #3 and Outcome #4
June 20, 2004
o
Provide the Outcome #4 committee information and overview of AQIP and an
understanding of their role in the collection of information for the portfolio.
Sponsor, Chairs and Outcome #4 committee.
July 2004
o
Divide the duty of data review and subsequent collection among the members of the
Outcome 4 committee and start collecting data.
Relevant campus constituencies and Outcome #4 sub-committees.
July 31, 2004
o
Check-in meeting to discuss status of data collection.
Outcome #4 sub-committees.
September 15, 2004
o
Review collection of data to date. Insure plan and timeline are in place to insure that all
data will be collected and collated by November 30, 2004.
Sub-committee leaders.
October 15, 2004
o
All data is collected and collated for SAQIP questions assigned to Outcome 4 subcommittees.
Outcome #4 sub-committees. Sponsor, Chairs, and Director of Institutional Research.
November 30, 2004.