I am eager to continue a close working relationship with its members. However, we do not want to view this initial CCHE document, while it is a good one, as a finished product. We all share a common commitment to improving access, developing positive learning experiences, and creating a warm and welcoming environment. Getting to these goals means defining specific action items and measurable results, based on accurate data. We need to incorporate demographic and trend data, devise some new survey instruments to improve understanding of our current students' issues, determine how we can measure accountability in quantitative form, and align our diversity document with the goals of the Total Learning Environment Integrated Resource Management System, which will ensure carefully thought-out resource allocation.
Complex issues require sophisticated responses that are best achieved with broad-based input.
We can work together to create a uniting plan that everyone can support and put into action. I would like to challenge you to activate the power of the intellectual community to help the Boulder Campus Diversity Planning Committee and the Chancellor's Executive Committee forge an action plan with specific and measurable objectives. Forums for discussion will begin with the Chancellor's Executive Committee, the Deans Council, department chairs and faculty, Boulder Faculty Assembly, Staff Council, UCSU Executive Committee, as well as the Diversity Planning Committee and other minority affairs committees and groups. We will solicit participation via electronic communication and through campus publications. Your individual and group participation is also sought.