As the next step in empirically evaluating diversity, DiversityInc is compiling data from four-year colleges and universities across the nation for the first DiversityInc Top Colleges and Universities for Diversity® list. Results of the list will be available on this web site and will be published in the October issue of DiversityInc magazine.
DiversityInc's eight-year experience running The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® survey gives us the ability to evaluate empirical data and accurately assess diversity strengths and weaknesses. All data is factually based and no anecdotal information is included.
So far, more than 75 colleges and universities are participating in the survey. Although the deadline is this Friday, May 2, we are willing to extend it to May 9. To apply, please contact LHall@DiversityInc.com or call (973) 494-0514.
The 100-plus questions survey four key areas: Human Capital, which assesses the undergraduate student body, non-tenured faculty members, tenured faculty members, and staff members; President/Chief Academic Officer Commitment, which assesses the diversity involvement of the school's leadership, including its board of trustees; Communications, which examines such factors as employee, student and alumni groups, diversity training, and the school's web site; and Supplier Diversity, which examines procurement spent with minority- and women-owned vendors.
Why is it important to participate? Here are the words of two top educators, Dr. Steven J. Diner, chancellor of Rutgers University - Newark, and Dr. Benjamin Reese, vice president for institutional equity, Duke University.
Diner says: "The DiversityInc survey will help make university leaders more sensitive to the multiple ways in which their policies and decisions impact people of all kinds. Diversity has many dimensions in a university, including, for example, the social and economic backgrounds of its students, faculty and staff, its purchasing and contracting policies, and its student clubs. This survey takes a comprehensive look at all of these issues."
Reese notes: "Thinking about diversity on university campuses is a complex affair. What are the ways that people create an environment that prepares people for an inclusive world? This survey focuses on an important part of what we call diversity. This is a qualitative experience that goes beyond the numbers."
Upcoming DiversityInc surveys include The Top Federal Agencies for Diversity, which will be detailed in the Nov./Dec. issue of DiversityInc magazine and on this web site, and the first DiversityInc Top Companies Regional Survey of Jacksonville, Fla.
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