Increase Understanding

Approaching each other with openness and understanding is the foundation for developing a more welcoming community. The learning opportunities below offer some baseline information on working in a diverse environment. 

Learning Opportunities

  • Campus Life Diversity & Inclusion

    Campus Life Diversity & Inclusion

    The Campus Life Office of Diversity & Inclusion engages undergraduate and graduate students, provides targeted support to affinity groups and serve the broader campus community around areas of identity, inclusion, and equity through education, collaboration, community advising, and university-wide programming.

  • Challenging stereotypes

    Challenging stereotypes

    This three-hour training session, titled "OUCH, That Stereotype Hurts," helps individuals gain communication skills for success in today's diverse world and at the same time, play a part in creating a fairer, more respectful workplace and society. Participants will learn to understand the impact of stereotypes and biased statements, even when casually said; identify the most common reasons people sit silent in the face of bias and stereotypes; and enhance skills for speaking up against stereotypes without blame or guilt.
    Audience: Faculty, staff

  • Sexual harassment prevention

    Sexual harassment prevention

    This required course, "Preventing Sexual Harassment," provides an overview of Princeton's policy prohibiting sexual harassment, helps faculty and staff identify types of behavior that may violate our policies, and outlines the procedures and campus resources for reporting instances of sexual harassment. Through interactive quizzes and scenarios, this program covers the nuances and subtleties that exist in situations where sexual harassment can occur.
    Audience: Faculty, staff

Lectures & Discussions

  • Academic courses

    Academic courses

    Cultural and ethnic diversity is one of the major defining characteristics of intellectual as well as community life at Princeton, and a wide range of courses in the Princeton curriculum offer students the opportunity to analyze cultural diversity and cross-cultural encounters. The majority of the courses listed focus directly on racial and ethnic identity and diversity in the United States; a smaller number deal more broadly with cross-cultural encounter within and beyond the Americas.
    Audience: Students

  • Campus lectures and discussions

    Campus lectures and discussions

    Regular events and lecture series provide opportunities to learn about identity, inclusion and cultural competencies. The Fields Center, Women*s Center, LGBT Center, Davis International Center and Office of Religious Life program calendars are great places to start. The central Public Events Calendar has additional items from around campus.
    Audience: Faculty, staff, students

  • Costs and benefits of diversity

    Costs and benefits of diversity

    In this 45-minute video, "The Costs and Benefits of Diversity on College Campuses," Professor Scott Page of the University of Michigan shares research about the benefits of diversity for effective problem-solving and innovation.
    Audience: Faculty, staff, students
    Format: Video, offered by the University
    More Information: Watch the video.

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