Plans, Priorities and Projects

The Campus Climate Task Force was appointed by Deputy Chancellor Michael Middleton to review findings from the MU Campus Climate Study, develop best practices for addressing concerns, and make recommendations for improving the campus climate for diversity.

• Report of the Task Force for Campus Climate and Training (pdf)
• Campus Climate Study
• Executive Summary Phases I-V MU Campus Climate Study (pdf)
• Underrepresented Groups (pdf)
• Campus Climate Assessment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Persons (pdf)
• MU Campus Climate Study Volume 2 (pdf)
• MU Campus Climate Study Volume 3 (pdf)

The Office of the Deputy Chancellor is committed to providing a prompt and efficient procedure for fair and equitable resolutions of grievances with the University without fear of prejudice or reprisal for initiating a grievance or participating in its settlement. Additionally, the office is integrally involved in the University of Missouri-Columbia grievance process, a link to which can be found below. The Deputy Chancellor is committed to the success of this procedure and to ensuring that this procedure is followed in its entirety in its spirit as well as letter.

Central to the grievance procedure are the work of many individuals, including the Co-Chairs of the Grievance Standing Committee and the Investigating Officer. The Investigating Officer is appointed by the Chancellor, with the support and advice of Faculty Council. The Investigating Officer is responsible for several steps in the grievance process, including but not limited to: identifying the University representative (respondent) most germane to the grievance, working with the grievant and respondent to reach an informal resolution, if appropriate, and working with both sides to prepare statements and evidence for presentation to a Hearing Panel, including obtaining relevant evidence. The work of the Investigating Officer is supported by and supervised by the Office of the Deputy Chancellor.

• Collected Rules and Regulations: Grievance Procedures

Issues related to Conflict of Interest at MU report to the Deputy Chancellor through the Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee. The committee reviews and determines whether an actual Conflict of Interest exists, and if so, recommends plans for the management of such conflicts.

• MU Business Policy and Procedure Manual Chapter 1 Section 140 Conflict of Interest
• Office of Research Conflict of Interest Compliance
• UM System Collected Rules and Regulations. 330.015 Policy on Conflict of Interest

The University of Missouri-Columbia was one of 27 higher education institutions to receive $100,000 grants from the Ford Foundation for projects that promote academic freedom and constructive dialogue on campus. Beginning Fall Semester 2006 through Summer 2008, an interdisciplinary group will implement a program that draws on specific strengths represented at MU. Activities will provide an environment in which differing views are defended, heard, and considered by those who hold conflicting ideas and values across cultures.

• MU Difficult Dialogues website
• Ford Foundation
• Difficult Dialogues Initiative

NSF Grant Co-Invester and Project Leader, Steering Board Member

The University of Missouri-Columbia was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant with matching university funds to educate faculty and administrators on gender equity issues, develop a mentoring system for tenured STEM faculty, identify barriers to women's advancement, and collect institutional data on the climate, support and resources for women's advancement.

• Mizzou ADVANCE
• NSF ADVANCE