Achievement

Implement a stronger undergraduate advising structure with dedicated professional staff who, in concert with faculty advisors, will work with students across their undergraduate careers.

Expand the fifth-week flag system to a more structured alert system that spans all four years.

Determine if there are differences in participation rates and outcomes in experiential learning programs and develop strategies for addressing any areas of concern.

Provide data by race/ethnicity and gender to each school/college dean regarding graduate student program progression (e.g., qualifying exams, grades) and outcomes (e.g., papers, job placement, salaries). Deans will work with departments and programs to design regular, program-based self-assessments and review processes to take actions that address any inequities.

Assess and add or enhance opportunities that ensure all postdocs have access to programming for personal and professional development.

Develop mechanisms to broaden participation in professional development opportunities for staff across the Institute and ensure that opportunities for participation are accessible by all staff.

Develop and share across the Institute standards for annual performance reviews of staff that acknowledge and support contributions to belonging, achievement, and composition at MIT.

Develop and share across the Institute a statement that more adequately expresses MIT’s commitments to belonging, achievement, and composition for use in job descriptions across the institute.

Review and evaluate existing tenure and promotion criteria and revise them, as necessary, to incentivize service contributions that include belonging, achievement, and composition.