Title: UW-Milwaukee Office of Equity/Diversity Services Records
Inclusive Dates: 1989-2015

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Office of Equity/Diversity Services

Call Numbers: UWM Archival Collection 204; Accession 2009-022

Quantity:

• 5.0 cubic ft. (13 boxes)
• plus additions of 1 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records relating to the activities of the Office of Equity/Diversity Services, formerly the Office of Diversity/Compliance and the Equal Opportunity Office. The records include affirmative action plans created by individual colleges and divisions, UWM-wide affirmative action plans and drafts, the text of the 1993 Conciliation Agreement with the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP), reports showing efforts to hire minority faculty, anonymous logs of discrimination case activity, and documentation related to affirmative action workshops. The collection also contains correspondence relating to the implementation of the affirmative action plans and the creation and revision of UWM's non-discrimination policy.

Language: English

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The Equal Opportunity Office was renamed the Office of Diversity/Compliance in 1995, to reflect the increased scope of the office's responsibilities in conjunction with the hiring of its new director, Assistant Chancellor Charmaine Clowney. The office was a quasi-investigative body which received complaints of discrimination or sexual harassment from student, staff, or faculty and set up mediation sessions and hearings to resolve these complaints. During the period covered by this collection, the Office of Diversity/Compliance continued to administer the campus' affirmative action program, and was also responsible for administering the terms of 1993 OFCCP Conciliation Agreement, in which UWM pledged to make certain changes to improve diversity and climate on campus.

In 2000, as part of a general campus reorganization effort, the Office of Diversity/Compliance was renamed Equity/Diversity Services.

Assistant Chancellor, Equal Opportunity Program

1993-1995

Barbara Meacham

Assistant Chancellor for Diversity/Compliance

1995-1999

Charmaine Clowney

Director of Equity/Diversity Services

2000-2001	Charmaine Clowney
2002-2005	Anthony Hightower
2005-2011	Patricia Villarreal (Acting)
2011-2013	Francine Botts-Butler
2014-2015	Jazmin Taylor (Interim)
2016-	Nelida Cortes (Interim)

The collection consists largely of material from the late 1980s and early- to mid-1990s related to the Office of Equity/Diversity Services's ongoing creation and revision of affirmative action programs and redress of discrimination complaints. In addition to campus-wide affirmative action plans, the collection also contains diversity assessment plans from individual departments, describing the state of diversity in each department and the steps that each took to increase that diversity. A number of these report folders contain Utilization Analyses, which break down the percentage of women and minorities in each position in a department, school, or division and compare it to the percentage in the greater workforce. Other folders include breakdowns of complaints handled by the office, with personally identifying information removed to anonymize these breakdowns for reporting purposes.

Also included in the collection are subject files describing the activities that led to the creation of the affirmative action plans. In addition to general correspondence files, the collection contains information on the campus-wide Affirmative Action Oversight Committee, the 1992-1993 Department of Justice Audit of UWM's diversity programs, studies of faculty workload and salary equity, and copies of The ADA and You, a newsletter distributed by the office to inform UWM employees of their responsibilities with regards to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. The collection also includes drafts of UWM's Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Policies, with related correspondence and documentation.

This collection was received in, and is organized in, multiple parts. Additional materials have not been physically or intellectually arranged and interfiled, and researchers may need to consult more than one part of the collection to locate similar materials.

The records are arranged into the following series:

1. Report Files, 1993-2015
2. Subject Files, 1989-1999

The files are organized alphabetically by folder heading within each series, and thereunder chronologically.

The collection contains one additional accession.

• Accession 2009-022: Videocassettes, 1991

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee Equal Opportunity Office Records. UWM Archival Collection 9.

Access Restrictions

Box 12 contains personally identifiable information related to sexual harassment and discrimination cases, and is thus restricted in accordance with UWM Personnel File Policy S-42. Access is regulated by Section III.A.2 and III.A.3.

There are no access restrictions on the remainder of the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The Office of Diversity/Compliance transferred accessions 1998-015 and 1998-039 to the Archives in 1998. The UWM Libraries' Reserve Services transferred accession 1999-063 in 1999. Equity/Diversity Services transferred accession 2001-053 in 2002. Linda Huang donated additional materials in October 2009 (accession 2009-022). Equity/Diversity Services transferred the 2014-2015 Campus Affirmative Action Report in July 2015 (accession 2015-007).

Processing Information

Brad Houston processed the collection in June-July 2008. Charles Welborn processed additional material in July 2012. Hayley Jackson updated the finding aid to include information about accession 2009-022 in August 2013. Brad Houston and Ashlie Biddle processed accession 2015-007 in September 2016.

UWM Archival Collection 204	Records, 1989-2015 Physical Description: 5.0 cubic ft. (13 boxes)
	Series: 1. Report Files, 1993-2015
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Adverse Impact Analysis, 1994-1997
	Affirmative Action
Box   1 Folder   3	1998
Box   1 Folder   4	Chancellor, 1993-1994
	Affirmative Action Plan
Box   1 Folder   5-9	1987-1995
Box   2 Folder   1	1996-1997
Box   13 Folder   1-5	2015 Alternate Format: An electronic copy of this report is available in the case file in the Archives. See an archivist for more information.
Box   2 Folder   2	Administrative Affairs, 1995-1996
Box   2 Folder   3	By Department, 1994
Box   2 Folder   4	Library, 1994-1995
Box   2 Folder   5	University Relations, 1994
Box   2 Folder   6	Affirmative Action, State, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	Affirmative Action Update, 1997
Box   3 Folder   1	Annual Report, Administrative Affairs, 1992-1993
Box   3 Folder   2	Annual Review of Personal Activity, 1996-1997
Box   3 Folder   3	Audit Report, 1994
Box   3 Folder   4	Availability Analysis, 1993
Box   3 Folder   5	Background Data for Utilization Analysis, 1994-1995
Box   3 Folder   6	Campus Working Environment, 1993
	Conciliation Agreement
Box   3 Folder   7	1995-1996
Box   3 Folder   8	Final Report, 1996-1997
Box   4 Folder   1-4	Status Report, 1996-1997
Box   12 Folder   1	Status Report, undated Access Restrictions: Restricted
Box   5 Folder   1-4	Dean/Division Heads Affirmative Action Hiring Goals, 1993-1994
Box   5 Folder   5-6	Dean Evaluations, 1994-1995
	Diversity Assessment Plan
Box   5 Folder   7	College of Engineering, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   1	Division of Administrative Affairs, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   2	Division of Student Affairs, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   3	General Educational Administration, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   4	Graduate School, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   5	Information and Media Technologies, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   6	Outreach and Continuing Education, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   7	School of Allied Health Professionals, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   8	School of Architecture, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   9	School of Education, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   10	School of Fine Arts, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   11	School of Nursing, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   12	School of Social Welfare, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   13	University Relations, 1996-1997
	Diversity Assessment Workbook
Box   6 Folder   14	1995-1996
Box   6 Folder   15	Department of Student Academic Development (DSAD), 1996-1997
Box   7 Folder   1-2	Letters and Science, 1995-1997
Box   7 Folder   3	Library, 1996-1997
Box   7 Folder   4	School of Business Administration, 1996-1997
Box   7 Folder   5	School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), 1996-1997
Box   7 Folder   6	Division Affirmative Action Plans, 1994-1995
Box   7 Folder   7-8	Faculty Salary Equity Study, 1993
Box   7 Folder   9-10	Federal Affirmative Action Plan, 1995-1997
Box   7 Folder   11	Final Conciliation Agreement, 1993
Box   7 Folder   12	Gender and Race Equity Project, 1996
Box   7 Folder   13-14	Good Faith Affirmative Action Efforts, 1995-1996
Box   7 Folder   15	Good Faith Reports, 1996-1997
Box   7 Folder   16	Human Resources, 1994
Box   7 Folder   17-18	Identification of Problem Areas, 1993-1996
Box   7 Folder   19-20	LTE Quarterly Reports, 1998-1999
Box   8 Folder   1	Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) 6 Month Review, undated
Box   8 Folder   2	Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) 9 Month Review, 1996-1997
Box   8 Folder   3	Services Brochure, Undated
	State Affirmative Action Plan
Box   8 Folder   4	Appendices A-E, 1997
Box   8 Folder   5	Appendices F-J, 1997
Box   8 Folder   6	Main Report, 1997
Box   8 Folder   7-9	Utilization Analysis, 1997
Box   8 Folder   10	Veterans Employment Report, 1992-1993
	Series: 2. Subject Files, 1989-1999	⇧
Box   9 Folder   1	Academic Staff, undated
Box   9 Folder   2	Achieving Faculty Diversity Information/Student Diversity, undated
Box   9 Folder   3	Ad Hoc Instructors, 1992
	Affirmative Action
Box   9 Folder   4	Campapiano, 1992
Box   9 Folder   5	Chancellor, undated
Box   9 Folder   6	Committee (Advisory), 1993-1994
Box   9 Folder   7	Oversight Committee, undated
Box   9 Folder   8	Affirmative Action Plan Update Material, 1994
Box   9 Folder   9	Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance Task Force, undated
Box   9 Folder   10	Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policies and Regulations, undated
Box   9 Folder   11	Budget, 1994-1995
Box   9 Folder   12	Budget Planning Document, 1994-1995
Box   9 Folder   13	Case Activity and Counseling Interaction, 1996-1997
	Communication
Box   9 Folder   14	Chan and Miller, 1993
Box   9 Folder   15	Chancellor's Office, undated
Box   9 Folder   16	Equal Employment Compliance Programs, 1993
Box   9 Folder   17	Human Resources, Data Collection, undated
Box   9 Folder   18	Provost/Vice Chancellor's Office, undated
Box   10 Folder   1	Complaint Activity Summary, undated
Box   10 Folder   2	Conciliation Agreement, General Compliance, undated
Box   10 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1993-1995
Box   10 Folder   4	Cultural Diversity Training Team, undated
Box   10 Folder   5	Dept. of Justice Audit, 1992-1993
Box   10 Folder   6	Discriminatory Conduct Policy, 1994
Box   10 Folder   7	English Dept. (OFCCP), undated
Box   10 Folder   8	Exit Interview Assessments, undated
Box   10 Folder   9	Faculty Promotion Rates, 1992
Box   10 Folder   10	Faculty Workload, 1994
Box   10 Folder   11	Focus Area Compliance College of Letters and Science - Dept. of English and Comp. Lit., undated
Box   10 Folder   12	Gender Equity Project, 1994-1995
Box   10 Folder   13	Goal Progress Analysis, 1993
Box   10 Folder   14	Good Faith Efforts, 1993
Box   10 Folder   15	Internal Audit, 1993
Box   10 Folder   16	Minority Faculty Departures, 1993
	Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCPP)
Box   10 Folder   17	Compliance General, Faculty, undated
Box   10 Folder   18	Conciliation Agreement Implementation Work Groups, 1993
Box   10 Folder   19	Fine Arts, undated
Box   10 Folder   20	Publications, Undated
Box   10 Folder   21	Recruitment Procedures, undated
Box   10 Folder   22	Salary Equity Analysis, 1993
Box   10 Folder   23	Sample of Faculty Database, undated
Box   12 Folder   2	Sexual Harassment Policy and Cases, 1981-1994 Access Restrictions: Restricted
Box   11 Folder   1	Student Retention, 1992
Box   11 Folder   2	US Dept. of Labor Communications, 1993-1994
Box   11 Folder   3	UWM Minority/Disadvantaged Annual Report, 1992-1993
Box   11 Folder   4	Worksheets Calculating the Impact Ratios, undated
Box   11 Folder   5-6	Workshops, 1992-1995
Accession 2009-022	Videocassettes, 1991 Abstract: Additions of 13 videocassettes from a Hispanic history and culture conference held in 1991. Physical Description: 1 cubic ft. (1 box)