The Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence is a collective framework for campus engagement, strategic action, assessment, and accountability to shape the future of UC San Diego. Inclusion is intentional and a diversity of voices is critical to our success at UC San Diego. Our vision is to create a learning and working environment where all feel welcomed and valued, which in turn leads to excellence in the classroom and workplace.
We believe all members of our campus community deserve respect and equal opportunity to thrive. That is why we met regularly with campus community members to get your input on shaping the future of diversity and inclusion at UC San Diego through the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence. We remain committed to being transparent and proactive in inspiring campus-wide engagement with the Plan.
To learn more, email us at diversity@ucsd.edu.
Published in 2017, the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence represents a roadmap to shaping the future of equity, diversity, and inclusion at UC San Diego.
The Executive Summary provides an overview of our collective commitment to academic and institutional excellence through the strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts outlined in the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence.
The Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence identifies core tenets central to achieving our vision for inclusive excellence. These core tenets are: Access and Success, Climate, and Accountability.
Access and Success: Attract, retain, and support a diverse faculty, staff, and student body with the goal of reflecting California demographics and achieving institutional excellence at UC San Diego.
Climate: Create and foster a positive and welcoming climate where we value, include, and support all at UC San Diego.
Accountability: Ensure institutional accountability through processes and structures that strengthen UC San Diego's clear and continuous commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Drawing on the core tenet of Accountability, our office has held a series of meetings where leaders across campus present how their units, departments, and areas contribute to the core tenets of the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence. Accountability reports and presentations are assessed by the Chancellor, the Executive Vice Chancellor, and the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
The following slide deck provides a detailed summary of our updated Accountability Process. Changes reflected here include a more realistic reporting cycle from annual to every three years and the inclusion of academic department chairs in the process.
Download the Strategic Accountability Process slide deck.
The following Best Practices reports outline a variety of ongoing EDI efforts that were reported by campus leaders in the Strategic Accountability meetings.
Our EDI Best Practices reports, compiled from unit/divisional reports and presentations submitted for the UC San Diego Strategic Accountability meetings, summarize ongoing university-wide EDI efforts.
Download Best Practices: Faculty, Staff, and Students.
Download Supporting Our Black Community at UC San Diego.
Download UC San Diego Initiatives Supporting HSI Status.
This strategic planning toolkit was developed by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion to aid in the creation of individual strategic plans while affording each unit or division significant latitude to identify the goals and strategies best suited to them.
Between 2017 and 2021, VC EDI convened the Advocates and Influencers group for a series of fora regarding campus efforts related to the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence. Advocates and Influencers are staff, students, and faculty who are already engaged in and working on climate initiatives across campus, including diversity and inclusion-specific initiatives. They have served as campus ambassadors supporting our communication and outreach efforts related to the Strategic Plan to increase involvement across campus. Forum attendees learned new leadership skills in equity, diversity, and inclusion and shared their involvement in their divisions and departments.
In 2018, our campus community gave us their input on the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence through our IdeaWave campaign. To learn more about the campaign, watch the video below:
Through our campus fora and strategic outreach, our community members contributed their collective genius to inform the first draft of the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence, a comprehensive strategic roadmap to guide UC San Diego into the future.
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In 2019, UC San Diego Today published "Imagine What We Can Build Together," an article on the development and progress of the Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence.
