Celebrate diversity in all aspects of university life, creating inclusive environments, culturally competent citizens and globally-oriented curricula and programs.
University of Missouri-Kansas City Division of Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report Fall 2016-Spring 2018 1 Diversity, Inclusion and Further Action
e from ot t N h e A t Division of Diversity and Inclusion Dear UMKC students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends:
In 2014, UMKC launched an exemplary phase of its journey toward diversity and inclusion. Since then, diversity and inclusion strategies and programs for students, faculty and staff have blossomed. At a time when our country is facing a new crisis in race relations and civility, UMKC has an important charge: to prepare our students for a global and multicultural environment. Thus, it is with enthusiasm that we publish the second edition of the Division of Diversity and Inclusion’s 2016-2018 Annual Report.
The Division of Diversity and Inclusion has promoted two important ideas. “Diversity includes me” means that everyone is considered when we think about diversity. The second idea is that it is everyone’s job to consider how diversity and inclusion applies to the work they do and their interactions with others.
There are numerous examples of how UMKC has embraced these key ideas wholeheartedly. UMKC has a comprehensive Inclusive Excellence Plan that we use as a blueprint for our diversity efforts. Climate surveys and other data are used to assess progress and identify gaps. Deans and administrative leaders have developed and implemented action plans that have moved forward our progress in diversity and inclusion.
Through the Diversity Dialogue series, faculty have been engaged in efforts to promote an understanding of how diversity and multiculturalism apply to teaching and learning. In addition, Student Diversity Ambassadors have been engaged passionately in helping fellow students from many backgrounds learn diversity and inclusion skills. Because of these and many other efforts, UMKC has made continuous progress.
Some might ask, “Are we there yet?” The answer to that is even with progress, there is still work to be done. We hope you continue to be involved in the next chapter of our efforts to be the best urban-serving university we can be.
Sincerely,
Susan B. Wilson, Ph.D., MBA Vice Chancellor, Division of Diversity and Inclusion Associate Adjunct Professor, Counseling Psychology
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Diversity Dashboard
UMKC is an urban-serving university. Here are our numbers compared to the Kansas City metro area.
Data Dashboard 2018 UMKC Enrollment Report 2017 UMKC Enrollment Report 2016 UMKC Enrollment Report Comprehensive UMKC Enrollment Report: 2016-2018
3.2% Multiple Race
4.1% Not Specified
8.5% International
60.2% White
.1% Native Hawaiian/Pl UMKC, 2016 6.9% Hispanic
10.5% Black
6.1% Asian
.3% American Indian/Alaskan
2.8% Multiracial 8.9% Hispanic
.2% Other 12.2% Black Kansas City metro area, 72.8% White 2.7% Asian 2016 .2% Islander .3% Native
Data: KC Metro KS-MO
2016 is the most current available metro data.
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UMKC Enrollment by Ethnicity: 2018
3.5% Multiple Race
3.5% Not Specified
6.8% International
61.5% White
.1% Native Hawaiian/Pl UMKC, 2018 7.2% Hispanic
9.3% Black
7.2% Asian
.3% American Indian/Alaskan
UMKC Undergraduate and Graduate Enrollment Totals: 2016-2018
Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate 11,337 5,057 11,379 5,004 11,708 5,236
2018 2017 2016
2018 2017 2016
U G Total U G Total U G Total
Total 11,337 5,057 16,394 11,379 5,004 16,383 11,708 5,236 16,944
American Indian/Alaskan 29 16 45, 0.3% 25 20 45, 0.2% 41 20 61, 0.3%
Asian 747 431 1,178, 7.2% 698 379 1,077, 6.6% 685 349 1,034, 6.1%
Black 1,166 355 1,521, 9.3% 1,307 337 1,644, 10% 1,446 333 1,779, 10.5%
Hispanic 965 217 1,182, 7.2% 1,048 212 1,260, 7.7% 958 212 1,170, 6.9%
Native Hawaiian/PI 15 2 17, 0.1% 16 1 17, 0.1% 18 2 20, 0.1%
White 7,036 3,052 10,088, 61.5% 6,939 2,978 9.917, 60.5% 7,189 3,015 10,204, 60.2%
International 466 648 1,114 482 753 1,235 466 976 1,442
Not Specified 354 218 572 380 218 598 475 222 697
Multiple Race 559 118 677 484 106 590 430 107 537
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UMKC Faculty and Staff: FY2015-FY2018 Source: UMKC Institutional Research (Dashboard and RooPlan)
Average number of UMKC faculty Average number of UMKC staff
Female Male Female Male 558 623 1,505 1,227
At this time, UMKC does not collect gender data outside of the gender binary. We acknowledge that gender exists on a spectrum.
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76.37% White 61.91% White
0.09% Native Hawaiian/PI 0.15% Native Hawaiian/PI
4.18% Hispanic/Latino 4.93% Hispanic/Latino
UMKC Faculty 5.2% Black/African American UMKC Staff 11.76% Black/African American 2018 2018 4.44% 9.04%
8.79% Asian 10.68% Asian
0.34% American Indian/Alaskan 0.22% American Indian/Alaskan
UMKC Faculty: 2015-2018
2018 2017 2016 2015
Total Total Total Total
Total 1,172 100% 1,207 100% 1,172 100% 1,172 100%
American Indian/Alaskan 4 0.34% 4 0.33% 3 0.26% 3 0.256%
Asian 103 8.79% 103 8.53% 96 8.19% 98 8.362%
Black/African American 61 5.20% 61 5.05% 68 5.80% 69 5.887%
Hispanic/Latino 49 4.18% 47 3.89% 47 4.01% 43 3.669%
Native Hawaiian/PI 1 0.09% 1 0.08% 1 0.09% 1 0.085%
White 895 76.37% 941 77.96% 931 79.44% 930 79.352%
Not Specified 52 4.44% 43 3.56% 23 1.96% 23 1.962%
Multiple Race/Ethnicity 7 0.60% 7 0.58% 3 0.26% 5 0.427%
UMKC Staff: 2015-2018
2018 2017 2016 2015
Total Total Total Total
Total 2,678 100% 2,810 100% 2,711 100% 2,728 100%
American Indian/Alaskan 6 0.22% 6 0.21% 6 0.22% 5 0.18%
Asian 286 10.68% 296 10.53% 319 11.77% 319 11.69%
Black/African American 315 11.76% 360 12.81% 360 13.28% 357 13.09%
Hispanic/Latino 132 4.93% 152 5.41% 125 4.61% 120 4.40%
Native Hawaiian/PI 4 0.15% 4 0.14% 5 0.18% 6 0.22%
White 1,658 61.91% 1,786 63.56% 1,794 66.17% 1,825 66.90%
Not Specified 242 9.04% 176 6.26% 79 2.91% 71 2.60%
Multiple Race/Ethnicity 35 1.31% 30 1.07% 23 0.85% 25 0.92%
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UMKC tenure/tenure track faculty compared to other UM System schools Source: NCES IPEDs Data
70.7% White
1.9% Hispanic/Latino
6.2% Black/African American
UMKC <1% Multiple Race/Ethnicity tenure/tenure track faculty, 2016 16.1% Asian
<1% American Indian/Alaskan
72.1% White
4.1% Hispanic/Latino
Columbia 3.4% Black/African American tenure/tenure track faculty, <1% Multiple Race/Ethnicity 2016 15.4% Asian
<1% American Indian/Alaskan
72.1 White 60.6 White
1.2% Hispanic/Latino 1.6% Hispanic/Latino St. Louis S&T tenure/tenure 7.8% Black/African American tenure/tenure 2.3% Black/African American track faculty, track faculty, Multiple Race/Ethnicity Multiple Race/Ethnicity 2016 <1% 2016 <1%
13.6% Asian 21.2% Asian
<1% American Indian/Alaskan 0% American Indian/Alaskan
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Social Justice Book and Lecture Series 2017: Wesley Lowery
Events UMKC contributes to a diverse learning and life experience to create culturally competent individuals.
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Women of Color Conference 2017
Educate-Organize-Advocate Conference 2017: Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver
Women of Color Leadership Conference – High School Collegiate Connection Day 2018
Women of Color Leadership Women’s Day Educate-Organize-Advocate Conference More than 350 women of color attended the In 2017, UMKC held the inaugural Educate- The mission of the Women of Color WOCLC for Women’s Day in 2017 and 2018. Organize-Advocate Conference (EOA) on Leadership Conference (WOCLC) is to The past two years featured opening speakers civic and community engagement, chaired provide professional development in Pakou Her, principal of Tseng Development by Rhiannon Dickerson for UMKC students, leadership, financial literacy, career Group, and Tyjuan Lee, president of Penn faculty and staff. Panels and workshops helped development, personal goal-setting and Valley Community College, and keynote attendees raise awareness, develop skills and branding, health and wellness and stress speakers Angela Rye, NPR political strategist, plan for action around social justice issues and management/coping skills for women of and Ana Navarro, CNN political commentator civic engagement. In 2017, more than 250 color. We host two events each year for and CNN and Telemundo political strategist. UMKC faculty, staff and students attended the the conference: High School/Collegiate conference. EOA has expanded for 2018 and Connection Day and Women’s Day. will include collaboration and attendees with Metropolitan Community College. High School/Collegiate Connection is a high school leadership development institute that Learn more: Educate-Organize-Advocate is an outgrowth of the annual Women of Color Leadership Conference. The program served 395 high school students from 35 schools in 2017 and 313 students from 24 schools in 2018.
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Pride Lecture Series 2017: Staceyann Chin
2016 Social Justice Book and Lecture Series 2017 Social Justice Book and Lecture Series
Social Justice Book and Lecture Series Pride Lecture Series 2017: Wesley Lowery 2016: Janaya Khan
Social Justice Book and Lecture Series Pride Lecture Series and Scholarship Breakfast 2017: Wesley Lowery, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for 2017: Staceyann Chin, Jamaican immigrant, artist, poet, The Washington Post and author of They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, political activist and recipient of the 2017 LGBTQ Humanist Award Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement 2016: Janaya Khan, black, queer, gender-nonconforming 2016: Reyna Grande, award-winning author of The Distance activist, staunch Afrofuturist, social-justice educator and co-founder of Between Us: A Memoir Black Lives Matter in Toronto, Canada
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Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series 2018: Dr. Joy DeGruy
Social Justice Book and Lecture Series César Chávez Lecture Series 2016: Reyna Grande 2018: José Galvez
César Chávez Lecture Series 2017: Christine Chávez
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series 2017: Sister Souljah
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series César Chávez Lecture Series 2017: Dr. Joy DeGruy, internationally renowned researcher, 2017: José Galvez, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for his educator and author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome - America’s Legacy black and white photography that documents the Latino experience in of Enduring Injury and Healing Southern California 2016: Sister Souljah, hip-hop generation best-selling author, 2016: Christine Chávez, community organizer, civil rights activist, recording artist and film producer activist for the Latino labor movement, granddaughter of César Chávez and Farmworker Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Programs, Training and Campus Partners
Diversity and Inclusion offers several trainings to both UMKC constituents and community members.
Check Your Blind Spot Bus Tour
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Dismantling Islamophobia Lecture led by Amer Ahmed, Ph.D.
1,654
One thousand six hundred and fifty four people were trained in 2017/18.
Affinity Groups Diversity Dialogues includes faculty-led UMKC Student Disability Services In 2017, we launched Affinity Groups, presentations on bias, gender differences in The office moved to a brand new campus self-organized groups of UMKC employees academia, hiring diverse faculty and classroom location at Brookside 51 to better serve who have common interests. The purpose of climate. Over the 2017-2018 year, there were students with disabilities. The office now Affinity Groups is to support professional 245 attendees. serves more than 500 students with development, engage in community work and disabilities. Learn more: Faculty Diversity Dialogues outreach, and to support UMKC’s strategic Learn more: Student Disability Services goals and objectives. Anchor and Discourse Social Justice Learn more: Affinity Groups Scholar Awards The Multicultural Student Affairs Office We held our third year of Anchor and The Multicultural Student Affairs Office Diversity Advocates Discourse Social Justice Scholars Awards, (MSA), along with the Office of Admissions, There are currently more than 40 members of coordinated by instructor Rhiannon re-engaged the African American and Latino the Diversity Advocates learning community, Dickerson. Nineteen students participated Conference (AALo) for area African American including UMKC faculty and staff who are in 2017 and 11 students participated in and Latino high school and collegiate committed to learning about diversity and 2018. Awards were granted to students students. Additionally, MSA, along with the inclusion. who exhibited creativity and leadership in Hispanic Development Fund (HDF) and the their anchor and discourse student learning Association for Latino Students (ALAS), held Learn more: Diversity Advocates outcomes, as well as an active commitment to the 2nd Annual Adelante LatinX Student promoting social justice on our campus and Leadership Summit. Diversity Ambassadors within our community. Ten students became our first group of Learn more: Multicultural Student Affairs Diversity Ambassadors, a group of selected LGBTQIA Programs and Services students who provide diversity trainings Trainings For the 2017-2018 year, more than 500 to their UMKC peers. Our Diversity Diversity and Inclusion offers several students, faculty and staff were trained in Ambassadors trained 535 students during the trainings on diversity, inclusion, privilege and Safe Space and LGBTQIA 101 workshops, 2016-2017 school year. communicating effectively to both UMKC 22 were awarded, Lavender Graduation constituents and community members. Learn more: Diversity Ambassadors celebrated 21 graduates and LGBTQIA held Between Fall 2016 and Spring 2018, 87% of 40 programs, events and community outreach training participants agreed or strongly agreed Faculty Diversity Dialogues opportunities. that they enhanced their skills or strategies In the fall of 2017, we began Faculty Diversity Learn more: LGTBQIA Programs and Services related to the training. Dialogues, coordinated by Steve Dilks, where faculty discuss topics relating to diversity Learn more: Diversity Trainings and inclusion. In addition to open dialogues,
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UMKC Campus Climate Survey Results: 2017
The Division of Diversity and Inclusion retained nationally known Rankin & Associates Consulting to conduct a campus-wide climate survey with all UMKC students, faculty and staff. They reported their results in Fall 2017 and conducted follow-up focus groups in Spring 2018. Action steps will be developed based upon the climate survey analysis and focus group report.
Climate Highlights Inclusive Excellence Plan 4,650 UMKC faculty, students and staff completed the survey for a In October 2017, the University of Missouri System requested that all response rate of 25 percent. four campuses report on the diversity-related inventory and action plans for all academic and non-academic units. The Inclusive Excellence Model served as the framework, which supports the infusion of 79% of respondents were comfortable with the climate diversity into an institution's recruiting, admissions and hiring 84% and 84% of faculty and students were comfortable processes; curricula, and its administrative structures and practices. with the climate in their classes All academic and non-academic units across the university provided reports on their diversity work according to the framework. 71% of student respondents agreed that the climate 71% encourages free and open discussion of difficult topics The Chancellor’s Diversity Council, co-chaired by Chancellor Mauli Agrawal and Vice Chancellor Susan B. Wilson, continues to work with UMKC faculty and staff and community representatives to monitor the 82% of staff respondents agreed that they felt valued university’s diversity and inclusion progress. Academic units presented by coworkers in their department 82% their diversity inventory and action plans to the council in 2017 and non-academic units will begin their reports to the council in Fall 2018. 17% of respondents indicated that they personally 17% experienced exclusionary, intimidating, offensive, The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Diversity recognizes select and/or hostile conduct employees or student organizations for their sustained contributions and active commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity at 53% of faculty and 54% of staff respondents had UMKC. 54% seriously considered leaving UMKC in the past year The 2017 recipients were Uzziel Pecina, Assistant Teaching Professor of Educational Leadership Policy and Foundations at the School of Diversity and Inclusion, the Chancellor’s Diversity Council, the Education, and Scott Curtis, Research and Liaison Librarian III at Provost and Chancellor will develop action steps in response to University Libraries. the climate survey and focus group results.
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the UM et K e C M x Division of Diversity and Inclusion Team
Resources
Susan B. Wilson, Ph.D., MBA Diversity Ambassadors Vice Chancellor, Division of Diversity and Inclusion Associate Adjunct Professor, Counseling Psychology Diversity Advocates
Affinity Groups
Faculty Diversity Dialogues
Educate-Organize-Advocate Conference Danielle Martinez, B.A. Senior Executive Assistant to Vice Chancellor Susan Multicultural Student Affairs Wilson 2016 Women of Color Leadership Conference Chair Admissions 2016-18 Staff Council Vice Chair of Communications
Student Disability Services
LGTBQIA Programs and Services
Climate Survey Results Makini King, Ph.D. Chancellor’s Diversity Council Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Data Dashboard
Women's Center
Violence Prevention and Response Lona Davenport, M.A. Diversity Program Coordinator
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