Lead a Diverse Workforce

Since change is often hard, creating a diverse working and learning environment may be difficult. These trainings show why it's worth it and ways to handle some common challenges.

Learning Opportunities

  • Leveraging diversity

    Leveraging diversity

    "Leveraging Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities." In this three-hour training session, you can gain an understanding of the practical and theoretical aspects of leading in a diverse and complex work environment as well as some of the leading challenges facing colleges and universities and the broader society on diversity. You will also have the opportunity to examine your own values and beliefs about diversity, race, power and privilege in American society, and consider how leaders in higher education are challenged with understanding the different dimensions of diversity and how they affect all aspects of the campus environment.

    Audience: Faculty, staff
    Format: In-person course, offered by the Office of Human Resources
    More information: View the full course description for "Leveraging Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities."
     

    "Leveraging Diversity: Part II." This three-hour training session builds on the content from Leveraging Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities. It focuses on strategies for leveraging diversity in higher education. Learn about new concepts and explore practical examples of how to apply strategies for improving the campus climate and the interaction of diverse communities.

    Audience: Faculty, staff
    Format: In-person course, offered by the Office of Human Resources
    More information: View the full course description for "Leveraging Diversity: Part II."

  • Unconscious bias

    Unconscious bias

    The Power and Impact of Unconscious Bias and Micro Messages for Employees: Understanding the challenge of unconscious bias is important in a diverse, rapidly changing and complex society. Learning to recognize decisions based upon unconscious bias is essential. This three and one-half hours course will help staff members understand the components of unconscious bias and micro-messages. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss key terms, develop appropriate strategies for addressing micro-inequities and micro-aggressions and emphasize our individual role in building an inclusive environment.

    Audience: Faculty, staff
    Format: In-person course, offered by the Office of Human Resources
    More information: View the full course description

    The Power and Impact of Unconscious Bias for Managers: Learning to recognize decisions based upon unconscious bias is essential. Managers are important links to a positive workplace climate. This three and one-half hours course helps managers understand the components of unconscious bias and micro-messages. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss key terms, develop appropriate strategies for addressing micro- inequities and micro-aggressions and discuss important ways to support staff with micro-affirmations and workplace strategies that build an inclusive work environment.

    Audience: Faculty, staff
    Format: In-person course, offered by the Office of Human Resources
    More information: View the full course description

  • Understanding disabilities

    Understanding disabilities

    This two-hour session, titled "Disabilities 101," is a crash course in understanding both visible and hidden disabilities. Participants will learn how to communicate effectively with and about individuals with sensory, physical, cognitive and psychological disabilities. The session is an educational, entertaining and interactive one where the participants will take part in a simulation to experience what it is like to have a learning disability and other hidden disabilities.


    Audience: Faculty, staff
    Format: In-person course, offered by the Office of Human Resources
     

Lectures

  • 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
    Format: Semester-long academic courses, offered by the University
    More information: View a list (.pdf) of academic courses on cross-cultural and diversity-related topics.

  • 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
    Format: Campus program calendars

  • 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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