Diversity

he next generation of Marshall University students will live in a multi-cultural world. Established trends will accelerate and global economic forces shaped by instantaneous world-wide communication systems will make international encounters routine. Demographers predict the population will become even more diverse, with today’s “minority” groups collectively constituting nearly one half of the national population by the mid-point of the next century. Marshall University must include programs that prepare its students for a changing world. Specifically:

1. Marshall should expand opportunities for international education by
   1. Expanding the population of international students who attend Marshall University.

   2. Increasing the number of international faculty members at Marshall.

   3. Expanding opportunities for Marshall students to travel and study abroad.

   4. Continuing to expand the international dimension of the curriculum by refining existing programs and developing new courses of study.

2. In its personnel and curriculum, Marshall University should reflect the growing diversity of the nation by
   1. Increasing the population of students, faculty and staff from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

   2. Continued development of academic and other programs that foster an affirmation of gender issues, intercultural understanding and tolerance.

   3. The development of partnerships with public and private groups that will expand the range of multicultural opportunities available to the university,

   4. Renewed commitment to equal employment opportunity and to equal access to academic and other programs.