Alliant International University

Table 16.2. Alliant International University s Multicultural/International Competencies... 

Source Alliant International University s International-Multicultural Plan, 2006. 

It is also important that the accountability and reward systems for faculty and staff include attention to diversity and inclusion, such that employees are evaluated based in part on their effectiveness with respect to the university s diversity and inclusion action plan and their success in incorporating diversity awareness, knowledge, and skills into their everyday assignments and tasks. As an example, at Alliant, after adoption of the university diversity plan, the provost worked with the faculty senate to amend the criteria for faculty advancement and promotion to include the degree to which faculty incorporate multicultural and international topics and issues in their teaching and scholarship. In their annual self-study, faculty are asked to discuss whether and how their work has integrated multicultural and international issues, and their program directors, deans, and peer reviewers consider this in the evaluation decision. 

Notably, Alliant is a leader in this arena. Alliant s diversity plan includes attention to both multicultural and international issues and competencies, and in 2011 Alliant was selected by ACE to join its At Home in the World Initiative, in which eight U.S. colleges and universities formed a two-year learning community focused on the integration of multicultural education and internationalization in the curricula. 

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