Goal 1

Create a healthy, inclusive, and productive culture and climate in the School

We must remain vigilant of our mental and physical health and foster a culture and climate that promotes a fair and equitable work/life balance for all of our faculty and staff.

Our culture and climate should strive to be inclusive as it underpins our role as the gateway to interdisciplinary engineering education, design innovation, and lifelong learning.

As a School, we should also strive to be productive, operating efficiently and effectively while garnering the resources and infrastructure for everyone to thrive in their careers.

To create and sustain this culture and climate, we seek to achieve the following objectives, and the associated measures will help guide our initial actions.

Objective 1.1: Support healthy and sustainable professional development and growth for both faculty and staff

Key Performance Indicators: Faculty/staff satisfaction, salary equity adjustments, promotion/tenure success rate, participation in mentoring programs, faculty and staff retention, time to promotion

Objective 1.2: Evaluate and monitor the climate and culture within the School

Key Performance Indicators: Climate survey, faculty/staff/student satisfaction ratings; engagement in College of Engineering’s Equity Action Plan; seed funding; and engagement in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

Objective 1.3: Streamline administrative operations and expand resources for the School

Key Performance Indicators: Administrative leadership roles, staff/faculty ratio, supervisor/employee ratio, operating guidelines, advisory board membership

Objective 1.4: Expand collaborative labs and shared workspaces to support faculty, staff, and students

Key Performance Indicators: Number of faculty, staff, and students; office space (sq. ft.), collaborative laboratory and shared workspaces (sq. ft.), office, lab, and workspace utilization rates