Forward Together:
UW Madison’s Framework
for Diversity
and Inclusive Excellence
Ad Hoc Diversity Planning
Committee
Shared Governance
(Faculty, staff, students,
community)
Engagement
November 2013
January
2013-present
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
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
UW Madison Diversity Plan Framework
January 2013 - present
Analysis & Review
Phase 1
Design & Implementation
Accountability
Objective Setting
& Data Collection
Phase 2
Assessment &
Analysis
Phase 3
Design &
Recommendation
Phase 4
Implementation
Phase 5
Assessment &
Oversight
Alignment
Alignment
Alignment
Alignment
Feedback
Feedback
Feedback
Feedback
Areas of focus & Recommendations
Innovation and Creativity:
Access:
Promote access to UW and
its resources; help foster
diverse and inclusive
community.
Promoting environments and practices which
recognize diversity and inclusion as a source
of creative and innovative teaching, learning,
research, workforce and administrative
excellence. .
Climate and Culture:
Enhance common and mutual
respect for others within the
living, learning, and working
environment of the university.
Accountability:
Guide the discovery,
creation, and development of
best practices.
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.
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 You
Ruth Litovsky
Professor, Communication
Sciences and Disorders, L&S
& Waisman Center
litovsky@waisman.wisc.edu
Ryan Adserias
PhD Student
Wisconsin’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?
1.What does inclusion look, sound, and feel like to
you?
1.If you could change one thing at UW related to
diversity and inclusivity, what would you do?
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