Endowment Match Program Diversity Plan Strategies

The following Endowment Match Program Diversity Plan strategies will allow the University of Kentucky to attain its objectives:

Strategy I: Establish a Research Challenge Trust Fund Diversity Committee charged with implementing and monitoring the RCTF Diversity Plan.  This committee shall provide annual updates of plan implementation to University officials, including an assessment of progress and initiatives for each goal.

Strategy II:  In accordance with the UK Strategic Plan Goal V: Nurture Diversity of Thought, Culture, Gender and Ethnicity, the University will create a diverse, multicultural community of scholars and learners by ensuring adequate representation of women and minorities on faculty and student selection committees.

Strategy III: In accordance with the UK Strategic Plan Goal III:  Attract, Develop and Retain a Distinguished Faculty, the University will increase the diversity of the applicant pool for faculty positions by publishing job announcements in media that target women and minorities.

Strategy IV: In accordance with the UK Strategic Plan Goal III:  Attract, Develop and Retain a Distinguished Faculty, the University will develop and implement programs to recruit and retain women and minorities for endowed chair and professorship positions. 

Strategy V: The University will conduct further analysis of RCTF staff positions for establishment of employment goals consistent with the University’s overall diversity ratios per job category.

Strategy VI:  Review the establishment of Endowment Match Program Fellowship goals based on gender and race in RCTF academic discipline areas.

Strategy VII: The University will work to identify the estimated annual cost of implementation of the 2003-2008 Endowment Match Program Diversity Plan.