Forward Together:UW Madison’s Framework

for Diversityand Inclusive Excellence

Ad Hoc Diversity Planning CommitteeShared Governance

(Faculty, staff, students, community)January 2013-present

Engagement November 2013

Each Participant - Ask Yourself:

1. What does Diversity look like (mean) to me?

2. How is it about me, and not about someone else?

3. What are the most urgent problems and how might we address them?

Let’s think about….

What can I do – on this campus - for the community – for the state - to advance missions related to this work?

• In my own work

• In my community

• With my colleagues and peers

Etc…..

UW-Madison’s prior Diversity Plan ended in 2008

• Previous plan focused on recruitment & retention, specifically for reasons related to race/ethnicity/gender.

• Definition of diversity has been expanded, re-considered, in the context of social, economic, political and historical perspectives (to name a few).

Framework for Diversity based on…

UW System – across the state:Diversity: • Individual differences• Group/social differences

Inclusive Excellence: • Shared leadership• Responsibility• Accountability.

DIVERSITY AS A RESOURCE

EQUITYDIVERISTYEXCELLENCE

UW Madison – Strategic Framework:

Vision: • Model Public University• Resource to the Public

Quality of life in our community: • Welcoming• Empowered• Inclusive

In partnership with the State of WI

STATENATIONWORLD

Analysis & Review Design & Implementation Accountability

Phase 1 Objective Setting & Data Collection

Phase 2Assessment &

Analysis

Phase 3Design &

Recommendation

Phase 4Implementation

Phase 5Assessment &

Oversight

Feedback

Alignment

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Alignment

UW Madison Diversity Plan FrameworkJanuary 2013 - present

Areas of focus & Recommendations

Access: Promote access to UW and its resources; help foster diverse and inclusive community.

Climate and Culture: Enhance common and mutual respect for others within the living, learning, and working environment of the university.

Innovation and Creativity: Promoting environments and practices which recognize diversity and inclusion as a source of creative and innovative teaching, learning, research, workforce and administrative excellence. .

The Wisconsin Idea: Place diversity and a commitment to inclusivity at the heart of the Wisconsin Idea, and as a foundational component of the university’s animating mission of achieving excellence.

Accountability: Guide the discovery, creation, and development of best practices.

Timeline: When do we expect this to get done?

Campus & Community engagement in November 2013

Draft of plan in November/December 2013

Second round of engagement sessions in spring 2014.

Second draft of plan in spring 2014.

Thank YouRuth LitovskyProfessor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, L&S& Waisman Centerlitovsky@waisman.wisc.edu

Ryan AdseriasPhD StudentWisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB)adserias.wisc.edu

Questions:1.Think of a time in your UW experience when

you felt welcome and included. What about that experience made it feel welcoming and inclusive?

2.What does inclusion look, sound, and feel like to you?

3.If you could change one thing at UW related to diversity and inclusivity, what would you do?

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