Statement of values
The College of Arts and Sciences values diversity, equity, and inclusion as core strengths and essential elements in the success of its educational mission. We are committed to:
- Ensuring equity and access across the broad range of our research, teaching, and co-curricular activities;
- Maintaining a culture in which all students, faculty, and staff feel welcome, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ability status, socioeconomic status, immigration status, and other forms of difference, and;
- Valuing myriad and differing intellectual contributions, political and ideological views, and lived experiences for their capacity to enrich the learning process and contribute to the College’s and the university’s success.
We believe that tangible educational, organizational, and personal benefits result from applying a critical lens to ourselves and our environment; individually and collectively examining our biases, assumptions, and worldviews; and challenging and mitigating structural inequities. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is grounded in our aspiration to cultivate intellectual rigor and curiosity among our students and to prepare them to thrive in and contribute to a globally diverse, complex, and interconnected world.