Pending Initiatives
Climate
- Initiative: Examine screening procedures to avoid hiring faculty/admin/staff with history of harassment.
- Start Date: 1-May-22
- Projected Completion Date: 1-Jan-23
- Goal: Yale consider a policy whereby faculty found guilty of harassment not be hired.
- Action Plan: This is currently in place in YNHH. Collaboration could be considered.
- Action Taken: Request made to Dean Brown.
- Responsible Parties: Dean Brown, CDO, Faculty
Recruitment & Retention
- Initiative: Consistent procedures across search committees
- Start Date: 1-May-22
- Projected Completion Date: 1-May-23
- Goal: Establish written guidelines for search committees across YSM, including guidelines for tracking and oversight
- Action Plan: Establish a committee to write these guidelines that includes those with experience in DEI, gender equity, recruitment and retention strategies.
- Action Taken: Request made to Dean Brown.
Equity
- Initiative: Salary Equality
- Start Date: 1-May-22
- Projected Completion Date: 1-May-23
- Goal: Provide intra-departmental equity.
- Action Plan: Request discussion regarding unpaid work primarily given to women in many departments. Measure this, account for and correct this.
- Action Taken: In Process
- Responsible Parties: SWIM, Dean Brown, Dean Crusto, Dean Latimore
- Initiative: Salary Equality: salary transparency
- Start Date: 1-May-22
- Projected Completion Date: 1-May-23
- Goal: Provide wage range for faculty positions at YSM. Wage range defined as applicable to each position. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00030-R00HB-06380-PA.PDF
- Action Plan: Request discussion regarding legal concerns with privacy at YU and YSM and transparency with publishing salary ranges. https://oir.yale.edu/data-browser/faculty-staff/faculty/faculty-salary-benefits/university-faculty-salary-benefits-w107
- Action Taken: Request made to Dean Brown.
- Responsible Parties: SWIM, Dean Brown, Dean Crusto, Dean Latimore
- Initiative: Transparency in resource allocation: including startup packages, academic vs. teaching time, clinic responsibilities leadership opportunities
- Start Date: 1-May-22
- Projected Completion Date: 1-May-23
- Goal: Develop a method
- Action Plan: Request dean require Dept Chairs to develop a method to provide this transparency.
- Action Taken: Request made to Dean Brown.
- Initiative: Improve Climate: Establish a transparent mediation process
- Start Date: 1-May-22
- Projected Completion Date: 1-Jan-23
- Goal: Clarify the current mediation processes for disputes. Review the processes. SWIM to propose this policy to the Dean of YSM
- Action Plan: Include mediation process on the Dean's website
- Action Taken: In process
- Responsible Parties: Dean Brown, CDO
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We encourage anyone who is interested in gender equity to get involved with SWIM.