Diversity Initiatives

The College of Education strives to provide a welcoming environment for all who work, study and visit here. Below are descriptions of some of our diversity initiatives with links for additional information.

College of Education Diversity Committee

The College of Education Diversity Committee is an active advisory committee comprised of faculty, staff and students from a diverse range of orientations and backgrounds.  They serve the college through providing student support, advising the Dean on recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty, staff and student body, and by increasing awareness of diversity in the College.

Community Educator Tuition Scholarship

These awards are for entering or newly admitted historically underrepresented minority students pursuing a Master's degree in the College of Education.  Candidates must be active teachers or educators in schools in communities within commuting distance of The University of Iowa who intend to remain in the profession, hopefully in Iowa.

This program is funded by the Graduate College with the purpose of supporting the College's efforts to diversity the profession of education.  Award recipients will receive tuition for up to three years.  Up to four students may be supported by this scholarship at a time. A call for applications is sent out when an opening becomes available.  See the current advertisement for more detail.

Holmes Scholars Program

The College of Education is a member of the Holmes Partnership.  Annually, one or more minority graduate students whose programs of study and interests overlap with the Holmes Partnership Goals are identified for selection to the prestigious Holmes Scholars Program.

Holmes Scholars Fellowship/Graduate Assistantship Announcement (2/14/08)

Minority Post-Doctoral Research Scholar Program

The purpose of the postdoctoral program is to develop diverse population scholars for careers in college/university research and training.  Selected scholars serve as full-time researchers in collaboration with a faculty mentor(s).  Opportunities are available for teaching experience, as desired.

Active searches are posted on the College of Education Employment Opportunities web page.

Multicultural Education Certificate Program

We are seeking approval for a proposed interdepartmental Multicultural Education Certificate Program within the College of Education .

This program aims to educate students to develop culturally competent practices, which involves raising students' awareness of how worldviews shape what individuals value, interpret, learn and act upon. This program is based on a foundational belief that there is a need for a proactive and sustained approach to social and educational reform.

Yager Diversity Conference Archives

The 2007 Yager Diversity Conference was held on Monday, April 23, 2007 at the Iowa Memorial Union.  The keynote speech was delivered by Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President of the University of Maryland Baltimore and author of "Beating the Odds" and "Overcoming the Odds".  Additionally, members of the community formed three Diversity Initiatives panels to share information about the community, university and school diversity initiatives with which they are involved.

Previous Yager Diversity Conferences include one held January 27-29, 2005 in Lindquist Center.  Included in the conference was the announcement of the Phyllis M. Yager Commitment to Diversity Award recipients; a keynote address by D. Jabari Mahiri from the University of California at Berkeley; conference presentations; MLK research poster sessions and a half-day workshop for area teachers with Dr. Mahiri titled "Connecting Student Writing to Youth Art and Culture".