Initiatives
Guided by a model of distributed leadership, the NCID capitalizes on the expertise and commitments of its stakeholders, as well as the unique strengths of the University of Michigan. Collectively, this broad community helps prioritize critical issues, programmatic goals, and proposal development within the NCID’s eight core areas.
At the core of this community are NCID Faculty and Center Fellows, who participate in our Critical Issues Forum Series to identify some of the most pressing diversity issues and opportunities within the NCID’s eight core priority areas. From those conversations, NCID working groups emerge to develop specific proposals, progressing then to becoming “project groups” with external funding and ultimately to “program groups” with stable external funding and growing national visibility.
Amidst every stage of this progression, the NCID seeks opportunities for faculty-centered mentoring, as well as the development of strategic alliances with campus units and external partners.