Diversity Statement

The Board of Trustees of the Allan Hancock Joint Community College District is committed to employing qualified faculty who are dedicated to student success.  The board recognizes that diversity in the academic environment fosters cultural awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides suitable role models for all students. 

 

The board is committed to hiring processes that support the goals of equal opportunity and staff diversity and assure that all employees and applicants for employment will enjoy equal opportunity regardless of ethnic group identification, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, and/or Vietnam-era veteran status. 

 

The board also commits the district to vigorous staff diversity/equal employment opportunity in all aspects of its employment program including recruitment, hiring, assignment, compensation, promotion, transfer, and with respect to all faculty classifications.

The board recognizes that to be effective, a staff diversity/equal employment opportunity program must be fully institutionalized to the extent that all members and employees of the Allan Hancock Joint Community College District have roles and responsibilities to achieve staff diversity and equal employment opportunities. The district is committed to involving all staff in the active promotion of campus diversity including recruitment of members of underrepresented groups and provision of a work and learning environment conducive to open discussion and free of intimidation, harassment, and unlawful discrimination.