Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.18
Liaison Martín Sanchez
Submission Date June 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Querétaro
PA-7: Support for Underrepresented Groups

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.83 / 3.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Non-discrimination statement 

Does the institution have a publicly posted non-discrimination statement? :
Yes

The non-discrimination statement, including the website URL where the policy is publicly accessible:

"At Tecnológico de Monterrey, we promote and value diversity, therefore, we do not discriminate based on age, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, health condition, religious beliefs, political doctrine, or disability."

https://tec.mx/es/dignidad-humana/la-diversidad-y-la-inclusion-al-centro 


Bias response team 

Does the institution have a discrimination response protocol or committee (sometimes called a bias response team)?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s discrimination response protocol or team:

ETHOS Program:
At Tecnológico de Monterrey, we are committed to training people who are aware of their actions and the ethical responsibility that this entails. Therefore, we promote respect for human dignity, as well as honest, consistent and responsible behavior in our community.  At ETHOS, you can safely and reliably report breaches of ethics and our values, contributing to the strengthening of respect, honesty and integrity.


In the event that these reports are based on gender violence or violation due to belonging to historically discriminated groups, the Human Dignity Attention Point will classify the aggression as a Student Values Penalty that will have a consequence in accordance with the General Student Regulations (RGE)


https://tqueremos.tec.mx/es/bullying


https://letica.mx/ethos?locale=es

 


 

Recruitment programs 

Does the institution have programs specifically designed to recruit students from underrepresented groups?:
Yes

Does the institution have programs specifically designed to recruit academic staff from underrepresented groups?:
No

Does the institution have programs designed specifically to recruit non-academic staff from underrepresented groups?:
No

If yes to any of the above, provide:

A brief description of the institution’s programs to recruit students, academic staff, and/or non-academic staff from underrepresented groups:
Students
Líderes del Mañana (Leaders of tomorrow)

"Leaders of Tomorrow is a program for training transformative leaders with social impact, focused on bright young people who require 100% financial support to study a career at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. We capture the best talent in Mexico, welcome them to the Tec de Monterrey, give them training for success, and release them as enormous transformative potential. The distinguished young people acquire a commitment of reciprocity with other young people, their families, and their communities."


Mentoring, counseling and support programs 

Does the institution have mentoring, counseling, peer support, academic support, or other programs designed specifically to support students from underrepresented groups on campus?:
Yes

Does the institution have mentoring, counseling, peer support or other programs designed specifically to support academic staff from underrepresented groups on campus?:
Yes

Does the institution have mentoring, counseling, peer support or other programs to support non-academic staff from underrepresented groups on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s programs designed specifically to support students, academic staff, and/or non-academic staff from underrepresented groups:
 
- Prepanet: An online high school designed for students with limited financial resources who cannot attend traditional schooling.
- Mati Tec: A program aimed at transforming teaching in public primary schools in Mexico through a digital platform, mobile devices, and teacher involvement, funded by various partners.
- Voces Anónimas: An academic project where students document diverse perspectives from different social contexts, resulting in books published in collaboration with Editorial Porrúa and Fondo para la Paz.
- VITA-app: An app that promotes a healthy lifestyle for the elderly with alarms and reminders for daily activities.
- Support Program for Parents: A program providing tools for better work-life balance for teachers and staff, including flexible work schedules.
- Equality Committee: A committee at Tec de Monterrey aimed at promoting gender equality, inclusive language, education on equality, equity, and female leadership, and fostering active participation from women.
- Inclusive Recruiter Course: A course aimed at training recruiters and suppliers on inclusive hiring techniques
- Talento Certification: A degree program created by EGADE Business School in partnership with Movimiento Congruencia to design projects for workplace inclusion of people with disabilities.
- Project Accessibility of Spaces: An initiative started in 2015 to make Tec campuses and offices 100% inclusive.
 

For the third consecutive year, Tecnológico de Monterrey received the “Best Places to Work LGBT+ 2023” certification and is once again the only educational institution in Mexico to receive this distinction from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).


https://www.hrc.org/resources/hrc-equidad-mx-global-workplace-equality-program


Seeking the representation of historically marginalized groups, coordinated through the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. These committees meet regularly and have work plans, priorities by topic, and networks to listen to their communities. The diversity and inclusion committees include:


- LGBTIQ+ community

- “Impulsa”

- Cultural Diversity

- Socioeconomic inclusion

- People with disabilites


 

https://tec.mx/sites/default/files/dignidad-humana/reportes/reporte-diversidad-inclusion-2022-2023.pdf
https://tec.mx/sites/default/files/2017-11/rerding2017_20.pdf
https://tec.mx/sites/default/files/2022-03/gender-equality-plan-executive-summary.pdf

Support for future academic staff

Does the institution have training and development programs, teaching fellowships and/or other programs that specifically aim to support and prepare students from underrepresented groups for careers as faculty members?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s programs to support and prepare students from underrepresented groups for careers as faculty members:
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Optional Fields 

Does the institution produce a publicly accessible inventory of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus?:
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Does the institution offer housing options to accommodate the special needs of transgender and transitioning students?:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for underrepresented groups is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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