The Inclusive Excellence Framework
Inclusive Excellence re-envisions both quality and diversity.
It:
- Reflects a striving for excellence in higher education
- Seeks to infuse diversity into recruiting, admissions, hiring, curriculum, administrative structures and practices
- Embraces newer forms of measuring excellence, emerging research on learning and brain functioning and more nuanced accountability structures
Inclusive Excellence moves beyond numbers to multilayered processes that achieve excellence in learning; research and teaching; student development; local and global community engagement; workforce development; and more.
(Williams, Berger & McClendon; 2005)
Dr. Anu Kumar, President & CEO of Ipas, has served in a non-profit executive position for 20 years and as CEO for four years. Ipas is an international non-profit organization with offices in 16 countries and work in many more. Dr. Kumar will reflect on what global health organizations can and should do to decolonize global health and how we need to rethink the ways we are training global health practitioners in the U.S. to work locally and globally in public health.
View the Inclusive Excellence Action Plan to learn about what we are doing to increase equity and success across the Gillings community.
Find out what trainings are available to improve inclusivity in your classroom
The inclusive excellence council (IEC) is the guiding body, comprised of faculty, staff and students, that guides Gillings' efforts toward inclusive excellence.
Learn more about what you can do to improve the inclusiveness of the Gillings community
The glossary is composed of terms from the Gillings Inclusive Excellence Plan and other inclusive excellence work across academia and public health.
This series will explore how we can continue to foster inclusive excellence and health equity during the most turbulent of times.
If you are interested in positions in and around the Gillings School, search the Gillings School Job Posting page.
The Digital Accessibility Office offers training, consulting and assessment services to make digital platforms and materials more accessible at the University.
Addressing Systemic Racism in Schools of Public Health
Written by a group of administrators within the Office of Inclusive Excellence, students, faculty, and staff from a Masters concentration in Health Equity, Social Justice, and Human Rights at the Gillings School, this manifesto addresses systemic racism in schools of public health.
2022 Heed Award
For the fourth consecutive year, leadership at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been honored with the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine for outstanding commitment to and ongoing promotion of inclusive excellence.
Download our Enrollment Diversity (PDF) presentation to see information on enrollment trends and department diversity.
