| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.98 |
| Liaison | Kevin Miller |
| Submission Date | Feb. 3, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Goshen College
PA-4: Diversity and Equity Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
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:
Led by the Associate Dean of Intercultural development (Rebecca Hernandez) to achieve the following:
The CIIE is dedicated to educating all students about under-represented ethnic groups. It was founded in 1992 to promote peace and understanding within the college community and to foster intercultural awareness at Goshen College.
The CIIE does research through the on-campus Institute for Latino Educational Achievement, performs community outreach and education, offers support for International and underrepresented students, and now offers a Master’s Degree in Intercultural Leadership.
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:
Cultural competency is expected of all employees at Goshen College and is a factor included in our employee appraisal process. Many opportunities to develop intercultural competencies are provided to employees, including web-based programs, trips to engage cultural learning exhibits, and specific anti-racism training programs, to name a few. Employees annual evaluations include measurements on their activities related to these goals.
Goshen College offers opportunities for Faculty to attend concerts, theatrical shows (Peace Plays), convocations and other lectures on status and inequality such as the lectures during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, video series discussing issues such as poverty and corresponding health effects, and learning languages to communicate better with students that come from varying backgrounds. Goshen College sends a bulletin to faculty with schedules of events that they can attend.
The website URL where information about the cultural competence trainings is available:
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