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Housing & Residential
Services’ (H&RS) Educational Equity Plan
(EEP) was created in 1990 to assist H&RS in managing the commitment
to diversity that has been expressed at the departmental, divisional,
university and system-wide level. The EEP provides an opportunity
to evaluate our efforts and to connect them to an integrated, systematic,
department-wide design. Unit Directors work with their areas to evaluate
progress toward the goals of the EEP.
Since the EEP became effective, H&RS has worked to create a positive
organizational culture in which all staff members are empowered to
maximize their contributions to the organization, and all students
are empowered to maximize their learning and growth. In 1999, we focused
our efforts on four strategies: |
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| Provide Access |
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- Strive to recruit, retain and promote a staff that reflects,
on the whole, the population of our local and state community,
and
- Support campus efforts to recruit and retain targeted or underrepresented
students.
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| Increase Empowerment |
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- Assist underrepresented students and staff in identifying unique
needs, and
- Provide services and opportunities for success to meet students’
and staff members’ unique needs.
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| Encourage Awareness |
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- Provide individual staff members and residents with information
and training in order to increase awareness about biases regarding
cultural differences.
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| Build Understanding |
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- Foster trust and open communication lines within the organization
and residential communities so that individuals are encouraged
to recognize and respect the differences and similarities around
them.
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| These overlapping strategies
are designed to ensure that H&RS provides access where it is lacking
and sustains an environment that encourages success for our diverse
student and staff population. |
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