Diversity & Inclusive Excellence

52%
Of First-Time Minority Students Graduate in 6 Years
37%
Student Come From Underrepresented Ethnic Groups
28%
Minority Faculty

The diversity and inclusive excellence staff provides the campus with a multitude of ways to discover the value of diversity and inclusive excellence at ODU and the community.

Browse our site and learn about the Monarch Plan for Inclusive Excellence, find resources, engage in professional learning in DEI, and gain tools to implement DEI across campus. 

 

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

At ODU we believe that diversity and inclusion is an indispensable part of the experience for members of our campus community. Since the inception of the Inclusive Excellence Framework (IEF) and the establishment of the President's Task Force on Inclusive Excellence (PTFIE or Task Force) in 2014, a series of initiatives have been implemented to advance diversity and inclusion on our campus and throughout the Hampton Roads community. As a result of the institutional commitment toward diversity and inclusion, as well as intentional strategic planning, ODU has become an exemplar in higher education.

Initiatives

Resources

Cultivating Community expands on our original resource guide of 2020 to address a range of inequalities that we all face in our daily lives through an equity lens.

Top 10
Reducing Inequality in the Country
(Times Higher Education 2020)
Top 100
Reducing Inequality in the World
(Times Higher Education 2020)

Questions

If you have questions concerning ODU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, please contact:

AVP for Diversity & Inclusive Excellence Equity & Diversity