Over the past several years Radcliffe hasworked proactively to ensure that all staffwith formal responsibility have the autonomy, staff, and fiscal resources to achievethe diversity and inclusion goals set in theirstrategic plans. While the positions listedabove have formal responsibility, the deanhas repeatedly emphasized that all Radcliffestaff members, regardless of department orgrade level, play an essential role in creatinga diverse and inclusive community.

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This practice is about a School’s thinkingexplicitly about how to align authority...

The associate dean for diversity is formallyresponsible for all aspects of strategy relatedto diversity, inclusion, and belonging. In addition, the senior director of human resources, associate dean for faculty affairs,and associate dean for student services are responsible for specific aspects of diversityand inclusion strategy for staff, faculty,and students, respectively. These latterofficials have specific compliance obligations related to diversity — e.g., affirmativeaction reporting, annual student diversity reporting to the Association of Schoolsand Programs of Public Health (...