2023-2024
Seven Critical Learning Collectives (CLC) composed of employees from every division 鈥 23 staff members, 12 faculty members, and 14 administrators 鈥 met last year from October through May. Four of the seven groups were combination groups that included staff, faculty, and administrators together 鈥 a truly unique opportunity to share, learn, and think in confidential spaces across employee roles.
With the second CLC cohort having studied data from the second of two Campus Climate Surveys on Job Satisfaction (i.e., sense of achievement, opportunities for advancement, and attitudes towards salary and benefits), there was significant overlap in recommendations with those from the year before.
The degree of similarity in recommendations proved the need to continue our work in addressing Spring 2023 recommendations, but also to better communicate just how much work has been happening behind the scenes to address those recommendations. Spring 2023 recommendations heavily influenced the Strategic Directions bridge plan and led to such things as the implementation of Flexible Summer Work Schedules, development of the POEC, expansion of CI Connect cohorts, continued prioritization of 91视频鈥檚 Inclusive Excellence Action Plan, planning for improved responses to 鈥淥ther Conduct of Concern,鈥 and institutionalization of CLC at 91视频. See Critical Learning Collective (CLC) Recommendations to President Yao and Cabinet 2022-23 and 2023-24 (, 162KB) for more information.
2022-2023
In Fall 2022, all faculty, staff, administrators, and students were invited to join one of 7 groups: 1 for students, 2 for staff, 1 for administrators, 2 for faculty and staff, and 1 for faculty, staff, and administrators. A total of 56 people participated in these 7 groups, coming together to study the findings of the Fall 2022 Campus Climate Survey which focused on job satisfaction (i.e., feeling recognized, being able to perform meaningful work, autonomy, feelings towards 91视频 as an organization, effective supervision and leadership, relationships with colleagues, and sense of the campus commitment to improve DEIA).
Recommendations were shared with the President and Cabinet in May 2023, as discussed in the