Mount Holyoke College
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups

Mount Holyoke is committed both to its historic mission as a women’s college and to providing access to talented students from all backgrounds. The diversity within our students, staff, faculty, and curricula is a point of pride and a hallmark of the institution. The framework for our commitment to diversity sits within our active prohibition of discrimination in our educational policies, employment, campus services and activities on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, national/ethnic origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran/uniform status, and all other classifications protected by law. This same principle applies to admission to our graduate and extension programs. With respect to admission to our undergraduate degree program, Mount Holyoke admits qualified women without regard to age, color, creed, disability, national/ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran/uniform status. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/policies/statement-nondiscrimination

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/diversity/protocols-bias-incidents-and-hate-crimes

Mount Holyoke College is a national leader in creating and sustaining diversity. The College is a truly multicultural community where inclusive excellence is demonstrated in numbers as well as perspectives. Mount Holyoke College is an equal opportunity employer committed to the value of diversity in its faculty, staff, and student bodies. The college has a variety of programs to recruit and support underrepresented groups in Human Resources, the Dean of Faculty and Admissions Offices. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/mellon-grant-support-innovation-hiring

There are several mentoring programs available for students, staff and faculty through Human Resources, the Dean of Faculty, the Dean of Students, and Academic departments. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/diversity/students https://www.mtholyoke.edu/inclusive/mentoring_advising https://www.mtholyoke.edu/deanoffaculty/current_faculty/facultymentoring https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/packard-successful-mentoring-stem The College hosts five cultural centers and has a religious/spiritual life center that actively supports nine different faith groups. Cultural Heritage Months and Awareness Weeks acknowledge, celebrate, and explore domestic and international racial, ethnic, and religious identities. Programming can range from lecturers, art exhibits, dialogues and more.

Mount Holyoke participates in the Consortium for Faculty Diversity, generally at the post-doctoral level, and also sponsors at least one Five College Dissertation Fellowship, which brings one pre-doctoral scholar from an underrepresented group to campus. Both of these programs are intended to bring diversity to the college, and more broadly to academia. Mount Holyoke also provides mentoring and support programs to students to prepare and encourage them to pursue further education and careers as faculty members.