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UBC school of social work equity and diversity strategic plan: A compilation of case studies 23 university level, SWGA represents the School of Social Welfare at the Graduate Assembly and works with the Social Welfare Alumni Association (University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, Social Welfare Graduate Assembly, n.d.). Within the School of Social Welfare, SWGA participates in the governance of the School by providing student input and student representation on academic and curriculum committees, policy issues and changes, and on issues pertaining to diversity and cultural competence (University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, Social Welfare Graduate Assembly, n.d.). In addition to the studentrun Diversity Task Force, the School has a Queer Caucus, which provides support to queeridentified students at the School (UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Queer Caucus, n.d.). Student Outreach, Admission, and Support The School of Social Welfare has recently put a great amount of focus within their Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan to increase student access, with attempts to increase underrepresented minority and male applicants and enrolees to the MSW program. The School has implemented several strategies to recruit current MSW students to assist with prospective student outreach to improve student access and admission. These strategies have included increasing the number of contacts with prospective underrepresented minority and male applicants and enrolees; increasing participation in regional and national graduate student recruiting fairs with access to larger numbers of underrepresented minority students; implementing an outreach program to field placement agencies that encourage field instructors to identify talented bachelor level paraprofessionals to link to the School of Social Welfare; and implementing an outreach program to community colleges (R. Teague, personal communication, September 22, 2011).
UBC school of social work equity and diversity strategic plan: A compilation of case studies 24 Scholarships The School of Social Welfare has also implemented several support strategies for graduate students to expand access to financial support. For example, a new Social Welfare Opportunity Fellowship Program was created to provide assistance for entering students whose backgrounds, interests, or goals serve to enhance the level of diversity within the graduate community (R. Teague, personal communication, September 22, 2011). They have also increased overall financial support for underrepresented enrolees (R. Teague, personal communication, September 22, 2011). Additionally, the School has increased awareness among underrepresented minority applicants of financial aid opportunities that exist in the School of Social Welfare by conducting informational sessions and application workshops throughout the fall for prospective applicants to learn about financial aid options and application procedures (R. Teague, personal communication, September 22, 2011). The School has seen an increase in the number of underrepresented enrolees as a result of expanded financial support opportunities (R. Teague, personal communication, September 22, 2011). Faculty Recruitment and Retention The School of Social Welfare’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan has also increased attention and efforts in diversifying their faculty and staff composition. Strategies implemented have included developing and implementing search practices that help to ensure that qualified women and minorities are well-represented in application pools for faculty positions, increasing outreach contacts with URM faculty applicants; increasing faculty diversity demographics; and providing mentoring by senior faculty for new hire junior faculty (R. Teague, personal communication, September 22, 2011). The School attempts to achieve the abovementioned goals through the implementation of the University of California’s Affirmative
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