| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.91 |
| Liaison | Natalie Hayes |
| Submission Date | July 9, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Bentley University
PA-4: Diversity and Equity Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Natalie
Hayes Associate Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer tasked by the administration or governing body to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity and equity on campus?:
Does the committee, office and/or officer focus on one or both of the following?:
| Yes or No | |
| Student diversity and equity | Yes |
| Employee diversity and equity | Yes |
A brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities:
The Office of the President’s Special Assistant for Equal Opportunity leads Bentley’s efforts to ensure diversity on campus, but every department and organization has embraced our commitment to diversity. Programs and initiatives are consistently underway across the campus with the aim of ensuring that all members of the Bentley community feel welcome here.
Campus offices and organizations that help to actualize Bentley’s commitment to diversity include the:
Bentley Service-Learning Center
Counseling and Student Development
Cronin International Center/Education Abroad
Disability Services
International Services
Multicultural Center
P.R.I.D.E. (A Gay-Straight alliance student organization)
Spiritual Life Center
These centers and organizations also collaborate to host workshops and retreats focusing issues of diversity.
Bentley faculty members also dedicate their time and expertise to researching matters of diversity.
The full-time equivalent of people employed in the diversity and equity office:
The website URL where information about the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer is available:
Does the institution make cultural competence trainings and activities available to all members of the following groups?:
| Yes or No | |
| Students | Yes |
| Staff | Yes |
| Faculty | Yes |
| Administrators | Yes |
A brief description of the cultural competence trainings and activities:
Diversity training retreats:
The diversity retreat has been offered annually since in August 1993. The Diversity Task Force that was developing a strategic plan for diversity at Bentley recommended the first retreat. Following that retreat the President’s Cabinet decided that similar experiences should be made available to all members of the staff and faculty. The college has sponsored retreats every year since then in which approximately 75% of the staff and almost half of the faculty have participated.
The retreat includes a two-hour session on campus, followed by 2 days (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) at a nearby off-campus conference facility. The retreat focuses specifically on the issues of nationality, race, gender and sexual orientation by way of discussion and introductions to ongoing support networks.
The opportunities for students include Freshman Year Seminar (FYS) and other classes and diversity and inclusion training for all Residential Assistants. FYS, a required course for Freshmen, includes learning objectives which focus on multicultural aspects. When students partake in Service Learning, they are given diversity and equality training as well.
Minors at Bentley include Diversity and (In)Equality
The website URL where information about the cultural competence trainings is available:
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