In keeping with its motto, Opportunitas, Pace University offers qualified students the opportunity to discover and fulfill their potential. At Pace, supportive and challenging programs prepare graduates for meaningful lives and successful careers in a rapidly changing world. The University's commitments combine respect for traditional academic values with readiness to meet the challenges of the future with energy and innovation. A University-wide Committee on Diversity at Pace, chaired by the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs serves as an advisory body to the president.
Membership includes faculty, administrators, staff, and students.
The Committee helps lead the effort to continue to make Pace a supportive and humane working and learning environment that welcomes people of diverse backgrounds. The Committee shall periodically review the status of its efforts to broaden the range of constituencies represented and develop priorities relating to the issues of recruitment, development, and retention. In addition to the University-wide Committee on Diversity at Pace, there is an Office of Multicultural Affairs, the New York campus has a Coalition for Diversity Committee and the Pleasantville campus has an active Diversity Advisory Team. Through its continuing efforts, the Diversity Advisory Team of Pace University has as its mission fostering a climate of respect and civility among all constituencies. Its mission promotes an understanding of issues that include race, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, physical ability, and age.