This action plan is based on the dedicated work of the Task Force for Racial Equality, the Next Generation of Faculty Implementation Steering Committee and recommendations from faculty, staff and students. Provost Wendy Hensel announced the plan in September 2020 with next steps for the university to achieve a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive campus environment.

This report provides an update from the university administration on the progress of implementation of the Task Force for Racial Equality's recommendations, through the end of Calendar Year 2020 (Dec. 31, 2020).

Georgia State is using the results of the COACHE survey as part of a multi-year improvement process. A COACHE micro-website is available to read more about Georgia State and COACHE, the survey results, timeline, action plan, presentations, updates and a contact form.

**This report will open in a new window as a separate web page.** This document serves as the final report for the initial action plan Georgia State implemented beginning in 2020, based on recommendations from the Task Force for Racial Equality.

This staff climate survey provides a range of benefits to the institution and its employees, including: Information about staff perceptions regarding the nature of their work; policies and practices and the general climate at Georgia State; identify areas where staff feel the operational effectiveness of the University could be enhanced; indicate attitudes toward existing programs for staff and to identify the need for new programs; guide the actions of the Staff Council, the Administrative Council, the University Senate and other representative bodies through the use of reliable data; survey perceptions of managerial effectiveness and of the quality of the supervisor/employee relationship; identify issues that may facilitate or inhibit staff retention; assess the effectiveness of internal communication efforts.

IPORT is a web-based application that provides access to summarized and detail data that is stored in the university data warehouse, such as reports on enrollment, admissions, grades, graduation, retention, curriculum, faculty teaching duties and student housing. 

Georgia State must bring its institutional spirit of innovative programming to design, implement, and evaluate strategies that build diversity and inclusion, thereby further enriching the academic environment and inspiring even more members of our diverse student body. The Commission on the Next Generation of Faculty was tasked with proposing how the university might best approach this opportunity and offers five Transformative Recommendations, which are high priority actions that should lead to greater success at recruiting, engaging, and retaining a diverse faculty, as well as three Best Practice Initiatives, which are essential for Georgia State to become nationally recognized in diversity and inclusion. Each recommendation and initiative is intended to be implemented across all campuses.

***The link in the title will take you to the page on the Provost's Office website containing the reports.*** Following the report of the Commission of the Next Generation of Faculty, Provost Wendy Hensel solicited nominations of faculty to serve on an implementation steering committee. The Commission recommended the steering committee to guide the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations and facilitate the university’s progress on diversity and inclusion.

**This listing in the Resource Library will open a PDF in a new window.** The initial report of Georgia State University's Task Force for Racial Equality outlines recommendations to address racial equality and how the university can make progress.

***This link will take you to the website of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.*** The Georgia State University (GSU) Staff Climate Survey was originally developed in 2013 by an ad hoc committee of GSU Staff Council members and university representatives. Since then, the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) has been using this instrument to survey GSU staff biannually to learn more about their opinions regarding GSU as a workplace.