UC Berkeley to create a new vice chancellor for equity and
inclusion
The Chancellor of UC Berkeley announced last
Wednesday the creation of a new cabinet-level post, a vice chancellor for equity
and inclusion, a first in the UC system, with the staff and the authority to
significantly enhance access, climate, and inclusion for underrepresented
minorities, people with disabilities and the LGBT community among students,
faculty and staff at Berkeley.
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced to the
press, "About a year ago, I put together a task force with representation from
across the campus to advise us how to focus and organize our diversity efforts.
After a year of broad consultation, consulting with all of the elements of the
community — faculty, student and staff — we decided that we needed
to create a new organizational structure which will look at issues of equity and
inclusion holistically — that is, not just students, not just staff and
not just faculty, but all, all together. And these equity and inclusion efforts
will extend not just to underrepresented minorities but also to persons with
disabilities, and people from the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community.
The vice chancellor's portfolio will include responsibilities for accessibility,
climate and inclusion issues for faculty, students and
staff."
The search for a person to fill
the new vice chancellor position will begin after Labor Day.
Posted: Saturday - September 02, 2006 at 10:56 AM