Support Goal 1: Diversity and Inclusion

The University of Northern Iowa is committed to championing diversity as a core value of our university community. UNI will create and maintain a diverse, respectful and inclusive work and learning environment in order to prepare the university community for a constantly evolving world and so that inclusive excellence becomes the norm. This work will include challenging beliefs and practices that discriminate against, degrade, or diminish a group within our community based on the group members' innate characteristics. We believe that valuing diversity is a necessary foundation for inclusion, and that inclusive excellence provides a learning environment for our students and our community that prepares us for a dynamic, interconnected world.

Provide a campus culture that reflects and values the evolving diversity of society and promotes inclusion.

Strategic Initiatives:

1. Attract and retain diverse students, faculty, and staff who are integrated into the campus community.

2. Build and strengthen relationships with underrepresented populations in Waterloo, the Cedar Valley, and Iowa to increase diversity.

3. Build and strengthen multicultural and international relationships in the United States and abroad.

4. Provide a diversity experience for all students, and deliver programs, services, and events to educate for and celebrate diversity on campus.

5. Provide an inclusive decision-making process with broad communication and discussion.

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Metric: Increase the percentage of minority students in the freshmen class during the next 5 years (5-year rolling average)

Metric: Increase the percentage of minority students of the entire student body over the next 5 years (5-yr rolling average)

Metric: Increase the retention rates of minority freshmen to the overall retention rate (5-year rolling average 1st to 2nd year)

Metric: Increase the retention rates of first-generation freshmen to the overall retention rate (5-year rolling average 1st to 2nd year)

Metric: Increase the retention rates of freshmen receiving Pell grants to the overall retention rate (5-year rolling average 1st to 2nd year)

 

Metric: Increase the percent of minority faculty over the next 5 years

Metric: Increase the percent of minority administrators over the next 5 years

Metric: Increase the gender balance of female and male faculty over the next 5 years