Agenda for Women 2000 Goals

Agenda for Women: Goals

The Agenda for Women is part of a broad effort to equalize opportunities and to foster an inclusive climate at UMD for staff, faculty and students without regard to gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, social class, or other attributes. The University's mission, as stated in UMD's 1990 Diversity Plan, is:

to increase diversity and achieve true pluralism.
to increase target group¹ representation and participation in all areas of the University.
to assure the creation and maintenance of a collegial and hospitable environment for all groups.
to increase opportunities for all groups to become more knowledgeable, understanding and respectful of other groups.
to serve as a model and resource for the achievement of pluralism in the wider society.

The recommendations in this document detail concrete actions that go hand-in-hand with efforts such as affirmative action plans, attempts to hire members of under-represented races/ethnicities, and plans to educate our students for lives and careers in a diverse world.

¹ Women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, the local Arab and Middle Eastern population, and the disabled; UMD Policy Council November 1989, cited by UMD Report of the Diversity Assessment Committee, June 1996.

Agenda for Women