The central purpose of this university-wide initiative is to generate a dialog among and between academic and professional programs that leads to the adoption of admissions practices supportive of excellence and diversity. This project recognizes the challenges faced by all institutions to diversify their graduate student bodies. Historically, it has been a great challenge to identify and eliminate the barriers for underrepresented graduate students and to create inclusive environments that support all students to be able to succeed and flourish. Read More 

In spring 2008, the Graduate School held a series of public workshops intended to promote reflection on the criteria, standards, and processes used to make admissions decisions in graduate and professional education at the University of Minnesota. The workshop page includes videos of workshops.

Workshop participants may use the MyU portal page to share documents and other files related to the initiative.

Reexamining Admissions Practices MyU Portal Page for Registered Workshop Participants (requires UMN ID and password).

Trouble getting to the portal page for the initiative? You need

• To have been a registered workshop participant
• To have logged onto any other MyU portal page at least once before
• To have a UMN userID and password