Princeton University is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming educational and working environment for all members of its community. The University’s co-curricular programming and professional development is inclusive by design. 

Academic departments and administrative offices have created DEI-focused roles. Learning events throughout the year reach a wide audience of students, faculty, and staff. New credentials deepen the work of practitioners. Together, these initiatives ensure that our collective approach to institutional equity and diversity is reinforced at all levels of the University.

DEI-Professional Development Action Plan

Based on the recommendations made of an Ad-Hoc Committee on Diversity-Related Professional Development ("Committee") pursuant to the institutional commitments made by President Eisgruber in the summer of 2020, a DEI Professional Development Action Plan has been developed to strengthen institutional coordination and support for ongoing diversity-related professional development and other educational opportunities for students, faculty, and staff.

Key Priorities

We are enhancing cross-Institutional coordination, collaboration, consistency, and capacity-building with a particular focus on departmental and role-based learning paths. The following institutional strategies and tactics are being implemented:

• Enhancing shared learning outcomes across campus populations
• Developing and deploying resources to advance DEI Learning
• Expanding Communities of Practice to build capacity and expertise 

Campus-Wide Opportunities

HR Training

The Office of Human Resources continues to welcome new annual cohorts in its Inclusion and Diversity Certificate Program and has rolled out DEI-inclusive learning paths for departments. 

Workshops

Diversity-related professional development workshops are a regular occurance, from the Graduate School and Campus Dining to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Public Safety, and beyond. Topics have included:

• Best practices for fostering inclusion
• University resources that contribute to staff mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Staff understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics and concepts
• DEI-inclusive professional development learning paths for administrators from HR
• Skills to nurture campus communities that protect speech while allowing for inclusive academic and social discourse

Conferences and Symposia

• BADI: The Graduate School hosted the second annual Inclusive Academy Symposium and BADI Awards, which support the academic and job market success of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, including those from underrepresented backgrounds.
• The 2023 GradFUTURES Forum: The Graduate School’s annual professional development conference had the theme: “Ways to Advance Innovation, Equity, and Inclusion via Professional Development.”
• American Physical Society: Together with Princeton’s Department of Physics, PPPL hosted 150 participants at the American Physical Society’s Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, a gathering open to participants of all genders and gender identities.
• NCAA: Princeton Athletics participated in the NCAA Inclusion Forum and also published a Transgender and Nonbinary Inclusion Guidelines and Resources Guide.