Within the past year, issues surrounding diversity have been hugely controversial throughout the university. From the Center for Equal Opportunity?s allegations that UW-Madison unfairly takes race into account in admissions, to individuals at a fraternity throwing beer bottles and yelling racial slurs at African American students walking past, it is clear that the university needs to strive for improvements in diversity on campus. What is not so clear, however, are the means through which the university is currently striving for these improvements. For this reason and more, we strongly support the initiative to create a new campus diversity plan.
Office of Strategic Communication