| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 41.82 |
| Liaison | Jasmine Petrov |
| Submission Date | Jan. 14, 2025 |
Fordham University
PA-6: Institutional Climate
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 3.00 |
Jasmine
Petrov Sustainability Systems Information Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
6.1 Support for students from underrepresented groups
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for students with disabilities:
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of students that identify as members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous groups?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for students that identify as members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous groups:
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of LGBTQ+ students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for LGBTQ+ students:
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of low-income and/or first-generation students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for low-income and/or first-generation students:
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced, and/or undocumented students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced, and/or undocumented students:
More than a dozen students from across Fordham’s schools—including the Law School and the Gabelli School of Business—as well as faculty members and staff served as preparers, interpreters, and general support volunteers to help 27 asylum seekers from eight countries with their asylum applications at a pop-up clinic.
The project is part of an ongoing partnership between the Feerick Center for Social Justice’s Immigrant Justice Project and the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG).
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of students from additional underrepresented groups?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for students from additional underrepresented groups:
The OIS team offers assistance for prospective international students, those who are newly admitted, current students, as well as those who have graduated. Their resources are extensive and will be of tremendous help as you transition to life and learning at the Gabelli School. Visit the OIS website.
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6.2 Support for employees from underrepresented groups
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for employees with disabilities:
https://www.fordham.edu/human-resources/benefits/leave-and-disability/
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of employees that identify as members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous groups?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for employees that identify as members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous groups:
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of LGBTQ+ employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s support for LGBTQ+ employees:
Does the institution support one or more programs, initiatives, or networks designed to address the specific needs of employees from additional underrepresented groups?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s programs, initiatives, and networks for employees from additional underrepresented groups:
The University’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) efforts provide for the enhanced effort to recruit, employ and promote women and members of cultural minorities. A faculty and staff with the capacity to further the University's interest in diversity also provides a pool of qualified and experienced mentors for the increasingly diverse student population in the New York metropolitan area.
The Director of Institutional Equity and Compliance is available to all members of the Fordham community for consultation and training, providing techniques and methods of ensuring non-discrimination as well as equal access and fair treatment of individuals.
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6.3 Institutional climate assessment
Description of the methodology used to assess institutional climate:
Does the institution publish the results of its institutional climate assessments?:
Published results of the institution’s most recently finalized institutional climate assessment:
Online resource where the results of the institution’s institutional climate assessments are publicly available:
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Optional documentation
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