Document Type
IMSA DEI History
Publication Date
5-2012
Abstract
The affirmation, appreciation, and inclusion of multiple cultures is vital to ensure that all students, faculty, and staff and the IMSA community will be able to thrive in a multicultural academic and residential environment. From this perspective it is important that community members be effective at interacting across cultures, which is essential to IMSA’s vision of “ igniting and nurturing creative, ethical scientific minds that advance the human condition”. The multiple cultures that make up the IMSA community include individual characteristics that contribute to personal identity such as race, ethnicity, geographic origin, gender, socioeconomic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, and physical or mental ability. IMSA’s diverse cultural groups also include the political orientations, statewide regional cultures, and the multiplicity of beliefs, ideas, and visions that are critical to fostering an educational environment where students, faculty, and staff exchange ideas freely, encourage critical thinking, and reexamine their personal perspectives.
Recommended Citation
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, "2012 Multicultural Development Plan" (2012). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources. 9.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/diversity_resources/9
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Education Policy Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons
