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GOAL 3: Cultivate a Culture of Dignity and Respect for All

GOAL 3: Cultivate a Culture of Dignity and Respect for Our Community

Bold scholarship requires us to dismantle long-standing exclusionary practices in higher education. We aim to adopt research-grounded practices that drive our campus toward inclusive excellence. To do so, we will invest in the resources, and cultivate the skills, knowledge, and comprehensively inclusive and anti-racist attitudes necessary to ensure that each unit, department, division, and stakeholder clearly demonstrates their contribution to our Principles of Community.

3.1 Grow our academic and administrative staff demographic composition to be more representative of the state, as research shows that students succeed when they can see themselves in the institution.

Measure 3.1.1: UCM Undergraduate Student Demographics Relative to California, disaggregated by different lived experiences and social identities9

Measure 3.1.2: Faculty Demographics Relative to Undergraduate Students

3.2 Transform campus culture by ensuring that all members of the community thrive as their authentic selves through equitable and inclusive structures, policies, and practices.

Measure 3.2.1: Students Feel Comfortable with the Climate for Diversity and Inclusion

Measure 3.2.2: Students Feel They Belong at UC Merced

Measure 3.2.3: Undergraduate and Graduate Student Retention Rates, Disaggregated by Different Lived Experiences and Social Identities

Measure 3.2.4: Ratio of Hires to Separations (Senate Faculty)

Measure 3.2.5: Staff Perceive Opportunities for Professional Growth Promotions within UC Merced

Measure 3.2.6: Percentage of the University's Annual Electricity Consumption Supplied by Renewable Sources

3.3 Build our collective capacity to remove structural barriers negatively impacting success through equity-informed administrative and educational decision-making.

Measure 3.3.1: Number of High School Graduates from Nearby Counties Meeting UC/CSU Requirements

Measure 3.3.2: Number of Transfer Students from Nearby Counties

Measure 3.3.3: Number of High School Graduates from Nearby Counties Enrolled at a UC

Measure 3.3.4: Percentage of Students Experiencing Food Insecurity

3.4 Deepen our collective appreciation to community life-long learning and impact

Measure 3.4.1: Annual Enrollment of Continuing Education Learners

Measure 3.4.2: Number of High School Graduates from Nearby Counties Enrolled at UC Merced