As Indiana University continues on course to the future, we will continually monitor progress in key areas that cut across the topics of Communities of Learning, Responsibilities of Excellence, and Accountability and Best Practices. Among these are IU's commitments to diversity, to student persistence, and to leadership in information technology. IU has pledged to reflect the diversity of American society and to support the achievements of women and members of minority groups. Even as African American high school graduation rates slipped a bit in Indiana in the '90s, IU's enrollment of African American students edged upward. Efforts are also being made to assure full access to IU for Hispanic and Asian American students.
Excellence can only flourish in an atmosphere of fairness.
That's why the IU Trustees mandated a salary equity study on all campuses. Valuing diversity also includes increasing the numbers of women and minority faculty. Much progress remains to be made in recruiting, retaining, and promoting women and minority faculty members. The categories used here are the ones used by the federal government. Students report ethnic groups to which they belong or with which they identify.