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Embracing Diversity: Navigating Challenges in Education Together

Explore how the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity at UW addresses challenges through advising and transformative practices, enhancing student success and fostering diversity on campus. Learn about key services, future strategies, and the importance of collaboration in higher education.

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Embracing Diversity: Navigating Challenges in Education Together

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  1. Facing Challenges….Together Presented by: Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange Vice President & Vice Provost Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity May, 2009

  2. OVERVIEW • Minority Affairs and Diversity at UW • Challenges • Advising as a Common Strategy • Looking Forward

  3. Minority Affairs & Diversity Today • OMA/D unit includes 100 permanent staff members and 230 temporary and student employees • Students of color are slightly more that a third of the undergraduate population • Diversity broadly defined includes Disability (encompasses cognitive and physical), Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Socio-economic Status, Sexual identity/orientation/expression, Religion, National origin, Age, Culture, Region/geography, Indigenous, Ideological

  4. Six Core Services to UW 1. Manages programs that are designed to recruit and retain students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds; 2. Works collaboratively with Student Life, Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Graduate School and others to ensure that all students, regardless of their ethnic/racial background, sexual orientation, socio-economic status or physical abilities excel and take advantage of the rich undergraduate experience at the University of Washington; 3. Provides resources and educational programs for curriculum transformation and partners with diversity-related instructional programs to improve the learning required to produce graduates who are global citizens and leaders; 4. Serves as a resource for colleges and administrative units as they establish, coordinate, and assess their contributions to institutional diversity goals; 5. Encourages diversity research and community-based research that enhances the knowledge needed to address social disparities and inequities; and 6. Maintains and develops collaborative relationships with diverse communities external to the university.

  5. Source: OSPI Website & UW Student Database Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity, Assessment Unit March 4, 2009

  6. Existing (Pre-I 200) New (1999-2008) Proposed (2009 and Beyond) ·Advising (Holistic) ·Financial Aid ·Mentoring ·Social/Cultural Development (ECC/T*) ·Tutoring ·Assessment-Use Data ·Change Focus to $ For New Students ·Curriculum Transformation (Diversity Minor) ·Faculty/Staff Diversity ·Holistic Admissions ·Husky Promise ·Increase Access to Study Abroad, Undergrad Research ·New Endowments and Scholarships (e.g., Millie Russell, Sonnenblick/Del Rio, etc.) ·Orientation Program (Welcome Daze) ·Re-Entry Program ·Student On-Line Academic Records (SOAR) ·Summer Transition Program ·Supplemental Instruction ·Transition/Connect To Pre-College Programs ·Undergraduate Academic Affairs/Student Life/OMAD Partnership ·Peer Advising ·Early Warning System ·Exit Interviews ·Implement Best Practices and Research Findings ·Intrusive Advising ·Longhouse (House of Knowledge) Project ·More Endowments ·Renovate and Expand IC* & ECC ·Strengthen Mentoring/Alumni Connections ·UW STAR* Follow-Up TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICES Note: ECC/T = Ethnic Cultural Center/Theatre IC = Instructional Center STAR = Study of Attrition and Retention

  7. Challenges • Declining State Support for Higher Education • Increasing Demand for Access • Students with Greater Needs • Increasing Expectations for K-20 Seamlessness

  8. Advising as Common Strategy • Nature of the work for 2 yr and 4 yr advisors • Help students reach their goals • Provide roadmap for multiple pathways and majors

  9. Looking Toward the Future • Continued economic instability • Increasing diversity in students we serve • More emphasis on partnerships and collaboration between 2 yr and 4 yr systems

  10. For More Information Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange sredward@u.washington.edu (206) 543-2441

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