UNIVERSITY POLICY

SUBJECT: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EEO TITLE: EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

CODING: 00-01-35-15:00 ADOPTED: 02/24/81 AMENDED: 11/01/97

I. PURPOSE

To set policy on the provision of educational opportunities in compliance with Title VI and other applicable laws.

II. ACCOUNTABILITY

Under the direction of the President, the Associate Vice President for Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) is responsible for ensuring compliance with this policy. The Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Deans shall implement this policy.

III. POLICY

A. Requirements:

               1.    UMDNJ reaffirms its policy of conducting admissions, educational, and all related
                      and supporting services in a manner which does not discriminate unlawfully because
                      of a person's race, color, creed or religion, sex, national origin, disability, or other
                      characteristics which lawfully cannot be a basis for the administration of such
                      services.

               2.    UMDNJ commits itself to a program of affirmative action to encourage the
                      application from minority and women students, to identify and correct the effects of
                      any past discrimination in the provision of educational and related services, and to
                      establish organizational structures and procedures which will assure equal treatment
                      and access to the facilities and educational benefits of the University to all
                      students.

B. Responsibilities:

1. Schools are responsible for:

a. actively identifying and recruiting students from underrepresented minority
groups;

b. providing a mechanism to hear and resolve grievances concerning
discrimination in admissions, financial aid, and other educational services; and

                      c.    submitting to the AA/EEO Office a summary of enrollment and attrition rates
                             for minority and female students, a summary of efforts made to attract and
                             retain students from underrepresented minority groups and a list of
                             discrimination grievances and how they were resolved.

2. The AA/EEO Office is responsible for reviewing admission rates, attrition rates and
grievances reported and making recommendations, where necessary.

___________________________
President

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