Committee on Diversity and Inclusion

The SCDI is charged with: promoting diversity among senators, in particular representation of

underrepresented minorities; working with senior leadership to disseminate best practices for

recruiting and retaining faculty of color and other underrepresented groups; and addressing

other issues around diversity and inclusion as they arise.

The SCDI is not required to be chaired by an elected faculty senator or composed of more than

one-half of members who are elected faculty senators. The SCDI shall be composed of voting

faculty members, voting student members, and ex officio nonvoting members.