Meeting the Diverse Needs of our Students

Dear Grinnell Community:

Last week, I wrote to inform the College community of changes in our relationship with the Posse Foundation. Since that time, I have received constructive and thoughtful feedback about how Grinnell should move forward in living our mission and values, especially as we continue to create, uphold, and value a diverse community.

In my note of last week, I shared that the College has been working to provide additional academic and personal support to all students, but particularly underrepresented students, and I’m pleased to share that draft framework with you now. 

This is a plan in progress and will not be complete without feedback from members of our community, which I will be gathering during meetings with various campus constituencies over the coming weeks. In addition, I hope you will take a few moments to complete this online survey and share your thoughts, perspectives, and experiences. We have provided two guiding questions about particular components of the framework, but encourage you to share thoughts about any portion of the document.

Once comments and feedback on the draft framework have been reviewed and synthesized, I will share the final plan with you so that we can begin moving forward and provide periodic updates on the progress being made. Note that we view the participation of the entire campus community as necessary to help us meet our goals.

I deeply appreciate the commitment of the College community to our values and look forward to further conversations on this topic.

Raynard Kington, president