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Diversity
Vision Statement
The Office of Equity and Diversity is committed to
promoting inclusion, respect and the inherent value of all students, faculty and
staff within the University of Tennessee Health Science Center community. As a
comprehensive Health Science Center, diversity on our campus promotes a positive
learning environment as well as having a positive impact on attitudes of the
university community.
According to Pathways to Diversity, Diversity is defined as the
"differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender,
physical and mental abilities, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice and
other human differences." To ignore the importance of diversity on our campus
will result in the following: increased costs in time, money and efficiency;
unhealthy tensions between people with differences; loss of productivity because
of the increased conflict; the inability to attract and retain talented people
of all kinds; complaints and legal actions; and the inability to retain talent
resulting in lost investments in recruitment and training.
To increase the campus community's awareness of diversity on our campus, the
Office of Equity and Diversity periodically offers training in a variety of
diversity issues. To learn more about the trainings offered, please visit the
Training Calendar located on the Human Resources website at
http://www.utmem.edu/hrtraining/. In the meantime, we would also like to
provide several resources for you, which address issues in higher education with
regards to diversity.
Resources:
http://www.diverseeducation.com/
http://www.diversityweb.org/
http://www.diversityinc.org
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