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Introduction
Purdue University will continue its national reputation
of graduating students who are exemplary products of their
discipline as well as being equipped to be model citizens
in a global society. Developing a competency based model
incorporates the ideals that every Purdue University employee
contributes to the education of students. Vision, Voice,
Visibility utilized national benchmarks to establish a paradigm
that indicates how students benefit from a comprehensive
diversity strategy. Diversity, as defined by the Diversity
Resource Office, acknowledges the centrality of race, ethnicity,
and gender while embracing the multiple dimensions of difference
within the Purdue community.
Diversity Resource Office Vision -- Vision, Voice, and Visibility
Vision, Voice, Visibility: a competency based diversity
initiative for 2000-2003 embraces institutional transformation,
which attends to every facet of the university community.
Activities for accomplishing Vision, Voice, Visibility
Provide opportunities for the campus to determine, discuss,
understand, and implement strategies to create an environment
that fosters constituent diversity competence and excellence
through assessing, evaluating, and, if necessary, encourage
review of policies and practices of the university.
Seek allies and partners who can and will advocate, inform
and educate others about the Purdue diversity initiative.
Create forums for connecting, educating, accepting and
celebrating diversity and pluralism.
Diversity Resource Office Paradigm
Purdue University’s competency based initiative consists
of four essential goals designed to demonstrate an institutional
imperative to provide an inclusive climate where students
will develop skills to live and work in a pluralistic society.
Vision Goal I:
Enhance Purdue University’s environment to improve
the experiences of students, faculty and staff from groups
traditionally underrepresented in higher education and to
enlighten all members of the university community regarding
issues of diversity.
Vision Goal II:
Provide centralized
resources, services and assistance to enhance decentralized
programs and activities to promote multicultural awareness
and support for persons from groups traditionally underrepresented
in higher education.
Vision Goal III:
Develop a competency based diversity initiative to prepare
students to live, learn and work in a multicultural world.
Vision Goal IV:
Assess and evaluate Purdue University’s programs
and activities relating to diversity on an ongoing basis.
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