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Diversity Programs and Services at Brown:Diversity programs and services at Brown are designed to accomplish three major goals: (1) to build diverse student, faculty and staff populations through aggressive and strategic recruitment efforts; (2) to create significant opportunities to engage diverse ideas inside and outside the classroom through curricular innovations; and (3) to provide sufficient structures for managing a diverse environment. Below are descriptions of and links to many of the diversity programs and services at Brown. RecruitmentFaculty Recruitment Programs Brown uses multiple recruitment strategies toward the goal of achieving greater diversity among its faculty. The Office of Institutional Diversity partners with every department undertaking a faculty search in order to assure that the most active and aggressive measures are taken to identify and attract diverse applicant pools and that all candidates are treated equitably and fairly in the process. As Brown is also in the process of expanding the size of its faculty, we use the availability of new positions and flexible recruitment strategies through a target of opportunity program to further enhance our diversity recruitment efforts. College Admission The College Admission office actively recruits students and sponsors matriculation programs that encourage underrepresented students to consider Brown. An overnight visit during A Day on College Hill brings admitted students to campus to encourage their matriculation at Brown. The office also hosts annual open houses for prospective Black and Latino Students, as well as receptions in major urban areas across the country that inform prospective students on the admissions process, the academic program, and the community of color at Brown. Talent Quest is a program designed to assist students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds in the college application process. The goal of the program is to enable Brown to build and maintain an ongoing relationship with selected high schools around the country and reach out to talented students in grades 9-12. Need-Blind Admission Beginning with the Class of 2007, Brown implemented its need-blind admission policy. Need-blind admission simply means that an applicant's ability to pay for their education is not a factor in the admission decision. This policy applies to all U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents regardless of the program to which the applicant has applied. Sidney Frank Scholars In September 2004, Sidney E. Frank, a member of the class of 1942, made a gift of $100 million to Brown University to establish an endowed scholarship fund that will provide financial assistance for the neediest undergraduate students, who could not otherwise afford the full cost of tuition and other costs of receiving an education at Brown. Recipients of the scholarships from this fund receive financial assistance that replaces standard loan expectations with additional scholarship. Graduate School Admissions The Graduate School actively recruits students who in the past, because of ethnic, racial or gender prejudice or discrimination or economic disadvantage, might not have had access to graduate education. The Associate Dean for Diversity works actively with individual departments and programs, visits historically black colleges, colleges with large populations of under-represented groups and minority serving institutions, and brings potential students and their faculty mentors from such institutions to the Brown campus to interact with current students, meet faculty and have classroom visits. The Associate Dean works actively with the Leadership Alliance to identify potential graduate applicants through its summer research programs. The Graduate School provides individual departments with funds for recruitment activities and brings admitted students to campus for Super Monday, an all day event for students of color, with both Graduate School and departmental components, including panels about Brown’s community of color, living in Providence, academic support, etc. Graduate School Support The Graduate School offers Target of Opportunity fellowships to underrepresented groups, including students of color and women in science. These fellowships enable programs and departments to bring qualified students into their programs in addition to their normal fellowship allocations. Staff Recruitment Programs Among many things, the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) provides services related to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. The director of EEO/AA works collaboratively with staff search committees to identify opportunities to increase the diversity of applicant pools. The director of EEO/AA also provides employment counseling to individuals seeking employment at Brown. |