- Lever Seven: Cultivate chief diversity officers who are competent in the areas of academic diversity and organizational change.
While chief diversity officers cannot be the sole leaders of diversity change projects, this role is key to implementing the strategies listed here.
Unfortunately, these change levers will not lead to quick fixes. They require institutional leadership that is committed to change over the long haul. The process will be slow, incremental and evolving. Nevertheless, if done well, these efforts will result in a more meaningful engagement of the diversity change process and can potentially transform the culture in unprecedented ways.
— Dr. Damon A. Williams is the assistant vice provost for multicultural & international affairs and co-principal investigator of the chief diversity officer study at the University of Connecticut.
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