Preparing Hawkeyes for the global society and workforce
Hawkeyes are all of us. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. We come from diverse communities and life experiences, making each citizen unique. Learning to listen, understand, and communicate with those from different backgrounds is essential.
Cultural and global competency are developed through engaging with diverse individuals and ideas. Employers seek employees who can listen critically, understand various perspectives, work in diverse teams, and interact respectfully.
We define diversity broadly, ensuring all Hawkeyes develop skills to become culturally competent leaders in a global society and workforce.
Our institution represents all viewpoints, providing a comprehensive world view for informed decisions and opinions while practicing freedom of expression.
Defining Access, Opportunity, and Diversity at UI
- Access: Equipping all Hawkeyes with the necessary skills to lead in a global society.
- Opportunity: Ensuring every Hawkeye has the best chance for advancement and success.
- Diversity: Enriching our community with a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and viewpoints.
The Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity works to maintain a productive and welcoming campus culture where everyone can contribute, find community, and work toward finding common ground. We do this through providing a campus-wide hub and spoke model with a focus on collegiate support, student recruitment and retention, and civil rights compliance.
The Engagement Framework
The Engagement Framework focuses and defines our campus wide skill development, decision-making, and culture building efforts to meet our goal of cultural and global competency for all Hawkeyes.
ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Cultural and Global Competency
Cultural and global competency are the skills to work and learn effectively with people different from you and to understand the world beyond your immediate environment for success in an interconnected world.
Culture
Maintaining a welcoming and respectful campus culture where everyone can be productive and contribute.
Community
Helping all Hawkeyes find and build groups where they share similar and different values and interests
Common Ground
Understanding differences to find mutual understanding.
Listening
Actively analyzing and assessing information, allowing for informed decision-making.
Thinking
Communicating effectively, listening critically to distinguish facts from opinions, and engaging in complex discussions with respect and civility.
Awareness
Vigilant understanding of context, nuances, and implications.
Perspective
Engaging with and valuing diverse backgrounds and viewpoints.
Reflection
Thoughtful consideration of information shared, leading to insights, understanding, and meaningful responses.
Recruitment
We continually evaluate and innovate our efforts to welcome a diversity of viewpoints to the University of Iowa.
Retention
Whether a student, faculty, or staff member we measure our efforts to retain Hawkeyes for them to reach their goals.
Engagement
Effective communication is key to core to success for all Hawkeyes.
Graduation
Degree completion and our individual impact toward it is the goal of everyone at the University of Iowa in order to positively impact our global society and workforce.
Post-Graduation Success
We measure the value of a degree and the research generated from the University of Iowa as measurable impact on our global culture and society.
Sources
- Task Force Campus Feedback
- Six signature traits of inclusive leadership
- Employment is rising most rapidly in jobs most in need of social, fundamental and analytical skills -
- Understanding cultural competence and humility
- The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training
- The Science of Getting Along
- Is Institutional Neutrality Catching On?