A chief diversity officer is on the IANR senior leadership team, Richard Bischoff, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Academic Leader Success
Each of the IANR colleges (CASNR and CEHS) and divisions (ARD and Extension) have Associate Deans on their leadership teams with formal responsibilities for coordinating DEIB efforts.
Tribal Extension Educator (Ted Hibbeler) is based on the Nebraska Indian Community College’s (NICC) South Sioux City Campus.
Inclusive excellence is a stated expectation for all unit leaders in the Institute.
This expectation is written into job descriptions of all unit leaders hired after 2017.
On reappointment, unit leader position descriptions are rewritten to include explicit expectations related to inclusive excellence.
Trainings on inclusive excellence are incorporated and discussed in new unit leader onboarding and in meetings with existing leaders.
Inclusive excellence is a regular topic on monthly Leadership Council agendas.
Inclusive excellence is evaluated in department head/school director annual reviews, and is referenced in documentation of these annual evaluations.
Our systematic way of conducting reappointment reviews for unit leaders includes a data-informed assessment of the leader’s stewardship of diversity and inclusion within the unit. This includes metrics related to faculty, staff and students; policies and practices; and climate within the unit.