West Chester University Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collection
Series 1 Affirmative Action includes materials from the Faculty Senate and WCU Affirmative Action Committee. This includes recommendations and reports, employment procedures, action plans, transition plans, and recruitment resources.
Series 2 Correspondence contains communications between West Chester University administration, faculty, and staff. This includes correspondence about Affirmative Action, a mentoring program, the Task Force on Women, and the possibility of an Urban and Regional Studies program.
Series 3 Events includes training materials from the Office of Human Resources and the Office of Social Equity. It also has promotional materials for the "WCU for All of Us" Diversity Lecture Series.
Series 4 Policies and Procedures features documents that outline social equity policies and procedures, as well as avoiding gender-biased language.
Dates
- 1973 - 2007
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Extent
2 Boxes : 1 document box and 1 half-document box
0.63 Linear Feet
Overview
Biographical / Historical
Some of the goals of the office are to:
- "Monitor and support a positive campus climate."
- "Provide educational opportunities and facilitate training that promote a greater understanding of identities, inequities, multiculturalism, inclusion and social justice."
- "Enhance and support campus efforts to increase access, retention and success of faculty, staff and students from underrepresented groups."
- "Monitor and recommend policies that promote an equitable learning and working environments free from discrimination and harassment."
- "Ensure compliance with Equal Employment/Educational Opportunity, Title IX and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through well-defined measures, procedures, data collection and analysis."
- "Identify and advocate for resources which enhance institutional diversity initiatives across the university." (2)
Prior to the establishment of ODEI, a previous iteration of ODEI existed and it was called the Office of Social Equity. THe Office of Social Equity shared a similar mission and set of goals as ODEI, promoting principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, affirmative action, and belonging. They offered educational programming, such as a diversity lecture series, and trainings for staff, faculty, and search committees. They also collaborated with the Office of Human Resources on employee search processes, and worked to implement equitable and inclusive policies and procedures across campus.
1. West Chester University of Pennsylvania, "Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" webpage, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, accessed on March 22, 2023. URL: https://www.wcupa.edu/_admin/diversityEquityInclusion/
2. West Chester University of Pennsylvania, "Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" webpage.
Arrangement
- Title
- West Chester University Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collection
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Jenna Bossert; Grace Citro
- Date
- 2023-03-22
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the West Chester University Archives Repository