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Diversity in the Workplace SILS
September 29, 2010
Dr. M. Cookie Newsom University of North
Carolina at Chapel [email protected]
Medicine WheelUnderstanding Perspective
UNC-CH Employees by gender and race
Race SexEPA non-faculty
SPA Total EPA and SPA
White Male 453 1,778 2,231
Female 636 2,599 3,235
Subtotal race: 1,089 4,377 5,466
African-American
Male 27 418 445
Female 75 854 929
Subtotal 102 1,272 1374
Native American
Male 2 7 9
Female 1 11 18
Subtotal 3 18 27
Asian Male 51 86 137
Female 49 169 218
Subtotal 100 255355
Hispanic Male 9 36 45
Female 11 40 51
Subtotal 20 7696
Other Male 0 3 3
Female 0 4 4
Subtotal 0 7 7
UNC-CH Faculty by sex and raceRace/gender Professor Assoc
ProfessorAssist Professor
Fixed term
White
Male 628 261 157 425
Female 201 146 123 963
African-American
Male 12 14 10 18
Female 9 20 19 34
Native American
Male 1 2 3 1
Female 0 0 1 1
Asian
Male 34 36 38 64
Female 7 13 23 58
Hispanic
Male 10 5 17 25
Female 4 8 4 29
Total Professors 3,424
Five Identified Diversity Goals of the University
• Goal 1. Clearly define and publicize the University’s commitment to diversity.
• Goal 2. Achieve the critical masses of minority populations necessary to ensure the educational benefits of diversity in faculty, staff, students and executive, administrative and managerial positions.
• Goal 3. Make high quality diversity education, orientation, and training available to all members of the university community.
• Goal 4. Create and sustain a climate in which respectful discussions of diversity are encouraged and take leadership in creating opportunities for interaction and cross group learning.
• Goal 5. Support further research to advance the University’s commitment to diversity and to assess the ways in which diversity advances the University’s
mission.
Diversity Plan Implemented in the Spring of 2007 34 Schools and Units asked for
reports• Tied to the Budget process• Required to include which of the five
University Diversity Goals they were going to prioritize this academic year, their action plan and their evaluation methods.
• AS of 2009-10 the reports include outcomes from 09-10 and plans for 10-11
2010 Diversity Assessment Will be conducted this fall Will be used to determine
programming and changes to the Diversity Plan for 2010-2015
Understanding Perspective and Cultural Filters
Everyone is made up of variables that have an impact on the way they view the world
These variables are sometimes called “filters” the implication being that we pass external stimuli, written, oral and visual, through these filters to make sense of them
It is impossible for people to be unaffected by their own unique filters when making judgments, drawing conclusions and making decisions.
Some Variables that Impact Cultural Filters
What impact do these filters have on the work you do?
Cultural Discontinuities?• Co-workers• Others
Communication Issues?• Co-workers• Others
Ability to support a common goal? Other issues?
• Middle Class values versus poverty behavior• What is normal? Who gets to decide?• What is acceptable? Who gets to decide?• What is cultural, what is socio-economic based?
Discussion Questions Comments
