ODEE Vision & Mission
Vision
ODEE aspires to situate diversity as an integral component of academic excellence at the State University of New York (SUNY), and in the process to establish the university as a national leader in preparing its students for success in a culturally and racially diverse society. ODEE envisions the SUNY of the future as a preeminent public university that is truly representative of the rich array of human and intellectual diversity that is the hallmark of New York State. The principle of engagement through inclusion will be a core value, and this office will promote new partnerships, within the 64-campus SUNY system and beyond, that embrace the inseparable connection between academic excellence and diversity.
Mission
ODEE is responsible for devising and implementing a range of programs to promote the diversity of SUNY's academic human resources. The office promotes the integration of diversity-related instruction and research into ongoing SUNY system-wide initiatives to enhance academic excellence. ODEE partners with baccalaureate, doctoral granting institutions and community colleges to achieve the holistic integration of New York's underrepresented and economically disadvantaged populations into the academic culture of higher education. Through its various initiatives ODEE strengthens SUNY's ability to create knowledge of benefit for society and educate students for leadership positions in a culturally diverse and globalized society. The office contributes to attaining SUNY's goal of providing the highest quality educational experience that is a fully representative of the diversity of human difference in New York State.
ODEE aspires to situate diversity as an integral component of academic excellence at the State University of New York (SUNY), and in the process to establish the university as a national leader in preparing its students for success in a culturally and racially diverse society. ODEE envisions the SUNY of the future as a preeminent public university that is truly representative of the rich array of human and intellectual diversity that is the hallmark of New York State. The principle of engagement through inclusion will be a core value, and this office will promote new partnerships, within the 64-campus SUNY system and beyond, that embrace the inseparable connection between academic excellence and diversity.
Mission
ODEE is responsible for devising and implementing a range of programs to promote the diversity of SUNY's academic human resources. The office promotes the integration of diversity-related instruction and research into ongoing SUNY system-wide initiatives to enhance academic excellence. ODEE partners with baccalaureate, doctoral granting institutions and community colleges to achieve the holistic integration of New York's underrepresented and economically disadvantaged populations into the academic culture of higher education. Through its various initiatives ODEE strengthens SUNY's ability to create knowledge of benefit for society and educate students for leadership positions in a culturally diverse and globalized society. The office contributes to attaining SUNY's goal of providing the highest quality educational experience that is a fully representative of the diversity of human difference in New York State.