Report: UW diversity plan made limited progress
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says a 10-year program to increase diversity in the University of Wisconsin System made progress but much more work needs to be done.
The report says Plan 2008 helped increase enrollment of students of color by 64 percent over a decade. The number of minorities who stayed in school after their second year grew from 72.1 percent to 75 percent.
The number of UW employees of color also grew 64 percent. Minority workers now make up more than 12 percent of the workforce.
Still, the report says the program aimed for more progress and similar efforts must continue as Wisconsin becomes a more diverse state.
The UW System Board of Regents will discuss the next steps during a meeting Thursday.
Mar 4, 2009 at 9:10 a.m.
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sprout: "Reverse discrimination" is really somewhat of a misnomer. I'd just call it "discrimination". Like prejudice and racism (despite what some say), it works in all directions.
Hey UW! How about just getting the most qualified people and leave "color" and "minority" status out of it? Now that Obama is in office, let's be a color-free society. Really!
Mar 3, 2009 at 12:49 p.m.
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Full UW Diversity Plan 2008:
http://www.provost.wisc.edu/docs/plan200...
Open Letter from then Chancellor Wiley:
http://www.news.wisc.edu/10864
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Commitment
Diversity of viewpoints, diversity of backgrounds, including gender and ethnic differences, as well as variety within academic specialties, are all vital components of the intellectual life of this great university. This not only contributes to the academic vitality of the campus, but also makes us more competitive among our peer institutions. While parts of the
campus have made significant gains, our overall progress in reaching greater gender and ethnic diversity has been too modest. If we are to be successful in the future, we must tap the rich potential of all our citizens by incorporating them into our faculty, staff, and student body.
David Ward, Chancellor, in A Vision for the Future, 1995
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What do we mean by Diversity?
Diversity broadly includes not only race and gender but the connections between these and other sources of identity such as religion, ethnicity, age, sexual [orientation], class and ability. It encourages forms of learning that deepen and enrich the ways we connect across our differences. The American Association of Colleges and Universities … challenges higher education to think more deeply about what individuals learn from their experience of campus ethos — and how that learning in turn constrains or enriches the quality and vitality of American communities…. The research shows that when a campus makes—and is viewed by its students as making—a significant commitment to diversity, all students gain educationally.
American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy, And Liberal Learning,
The American Association of Colleges and Universities, 1998, Page 2
Mar 3, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.
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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
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