A Diversity Master Plan is an institutional strategy and action plan for deeply infusing the university structure and community (across all levels) with the values and practices of inclusion, belonging, inclusive excellence, intercultural learning and skill sets, and the valuation of multiple perspectives, backgrounds, and identities.
Diversity: the active appreciation, engagement, and support of ALL campus members in terms of their backgrounds, identities, and experiences (as constituted by gender, socioeconomic class, political perspective, age, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, regional origin, nationality, occupation, language, among others, and the intersection of these aspects) (*This definition emerged from SJSU campus members via focus groups).
Inclusive Excellence: an institutional commitment to create and sustain a context of diversity through which all members thrive, feel valued, and attain personal and professional success. One specific focus here is to utilize diversity as an educational resource and knowledge domain for students and as a central ingredient for their academic success.
"We Walk The Talk." San José State is fully committed to making diversity central in its institutional and educational mission and practices.
Active Approach. San José State will actively approach diversity in terms of including, developing, valuing, serving, educating and connecting ALL campus members. We will not merely point to our student demographics and assume that our job is done.
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) "Making Excellence Inclusive"
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) Diversity Digest article, "Diversity Plans: What Impact Can They Have?"
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