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INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE. What is Inclusive Excellence? Why are we doing Inclusive Excellence? How is IE different than what we’ve done before? Where are we at in the IE planning process? What are the next steps?. What is inclusive excellence?.

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INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

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  1. INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE What is Inclusive Excellence? Why are we doing Inclusive Excellence? How is IE different than what we’ve done before? Where are we at in the IE planning process? What are the next steps?

  2. What is inclusive excellence? The central premise of Inclusive Excellence holds that UW System colleges and universities need to intentionally integrate their diversity efforts into the core aspects of their institutions—including academic priorities, leadership, quality improvement initiatives, decision making, day-to-day operations, and organizational cultures—in order to maximize their success.Beyond Plan 2008: Next Steps In The UW System’s Work On Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion (2009).

  3. Many Meanings of Inclusive Excellence • Iterative Planning Process • Institutional Philosophy • End Goal, Outcome • Approach To Diversity That Is Both Top-down & Bottom-up

  4. Goals of Inclusive Excellence • #1: Increase the number of Wisconsin high school graduates from all segments who apply, are accepted, and enroll at UW System institutions. • #2: Encourage partnerships that build the educational pipeline by reaching children and their parents at an earlier age. • #3: Close the gap in educational achievement by bringing retention and graduates rates for all student segments in line with those of the student body as a whole.

  5. Goals of inclusive excellence, cont. • #4: Increase the amount of financial aid available to needy students and reduce their reliance on loans. • #5: Increase the number of faculty, academic staff, classified staff and administrators of all segments so that they are represented at UW-Stout in proportion to their current availability in relevant job pools. In addition, work to increase their future availability as potential employees. • #6: Foster institutional environments and course development that enhance learning and a respect for inclusiveness. • #7: Improve accountability at UW-Stout.

  6. Why Inclusive Excellence? • Legal and Political Dynamics • Changing Demographics • Emergence of a Postindustrial Knowledge economy • Persistent Social Inequities

  7. Demographic Facts • 2015, 80% of freshman will be persons of color • Since 2000 Hispanics in WI nearly doubled • Pew Hispanic Trust lists Wisconsin as “Emerging Hispanic” State. • Blacks 5 Times More Likely to be in Prison • Blacks and Hispanic High School Drop Out Rate (~50%) • Across the sciences, women’s career persistence and mobility after the degree fall well below their doctoral attainment levels.

  8. Vital Connection to the Educational Process

  9. Essential Elements Needed to Advance IE • Committed, engaged leadership • Campus-wide buy-in and participation • Consistent reflection, assessment, and benchmarking • Re-prioritizing & leveraging of existing resources • Collaboration, cooperation, and compromise • Rethinking our notions of student success and excellence

  10. SPHERES OF ACTION IE

  11. Three-Pronged Strategy • Compositional Diversity + • Culture and Climate + • Equity in Outcomes = Inclusive Excellence

  12. Where we are in the Inclusive Excellence Planning Process • Generated 4 FOCUS 2015 goal statements, one on Diversity: Develop knowledge, respect and validation of differing values, cultures and beliefs in students, faculty and staff • Inclusive Excellence will be one of the ways to achieve this FOCUS 2015 goal statement

  13. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE ACTION PLAN Stout’s Process: UW System Process: Updated Action Plan Online (Fall) Update Inclusive Excellence Action Plan (Summer) Progress Report (December) Year-End Report (May) Follow up on any gaps/ issues

  14. EXAMPLES OF INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE IDEAS GENERATED: Recruitment should focus on families, specific high schools, pre-college programs, geographic location Consider universal design Expanded definition of diversity, to include more than ethnic minority status Implement faculty exchange programs Multicultural competency training “Diversity Awareness” week Incorporate diversity into the curriculum

  15. NEXT STEPS • Solicit your feedback today via: • Discussion with notes on laptop • Comment card

  16. HOW WE WILL USE YOUR FEEDBACK • Develop a comprehensive list of ideas for Inclusive Excellence • The IE steering committee will select items from the list to be included in the IE action plan • IE action items will be assigned to various committees and individuals • IE progress will be monitored every 6 months • IE action plan will be reviewed and updated annually

  17. QUESTIONS? Inclusive Excellence Steering Committee: • Julie Furst-Bowe, co-chair • Meridith Wentz, co-chair • Abel Adekola • Lori Anda-Bowen • Michelle Killian • Richard Tafalla • Joan Thomas • Lisa Walter

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