Diversity and Access
UC San Diego cultivates a diverse and inclusive university community that encourages respectful open dialogue and makes intensive learning experiences accessible and affordable for all. We aim to evolve our campus culture through bold initiatives with measurable outcomes, guided by our Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence.
We are now investing three dozen new faculty lines in a set of Advancing Faculty Diversity (AFD) cluster hires in order to accelerate our progress on building a more diverse faculty and inclusive climate throughout UC San Diego. While these new colleagues will span many different fields throughout all of our schools, they will be united by a common interest in teaching and mentoring underrepresented students and in using their academic expertise to promote social justice. The first two clusters, Bridging Black Studies and STEM (2020) and Latinx Cluster Hire Initiative (2021) are already welcoming outstanding new faculty to campus; our latest cluster, Designing Just Futures, will start in fall 2022.
Over the last few years, we have re-invested in the growth of the Black Studies Project and supported new initiatives and partnerships in Latin American Studies and Chicanx and Latinx Studies. We have supported the establishment of a new major in Black Diaspora and African American Studies and laid the foundation for uniting the courses that satisfy our DEI graduation requirement into a coherent program with a common vision and learning outcomes. We have also held a series of action-oriented summits for academic leaders, staff, faculty, and students on enhancing the success and well-being of Black students, Hispanic students, and students of Asian, Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern Descent. We will continue to build upon these investments as we transition from an emerging H.S.I. to a full-fledged Hispanic-Serving Research Institution.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (diversity.ucsd.edu) provides leadership, builds capacity, and forges partnerships to facilitate shared responsibility for creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus in which students, faculty, and staff can thrive. By collaborating with partners across campus, EDI leads university efforts in support of UC San Diego's Principles of Community .
See below to learn more about the resources and programs that support the diversity of our faculty, staff, and students, and help make our campus community welcoming for all.