Special Assistant to the President, (CDO), Assistant Provost for Student Success & Engagement

My name is Lisa Scott and I am the Special Assistant to the President, Chief Diversity Officer and Assistant Provost for Student Success and Engagement.  Diversity today has moved from a previous focus on numbers (though critical mass is still important) and programs to the idea of Institutional Capacity. 

In an article titled, “Reframing Diversity as an Institutional Capacity,” Professor Daryl Smith of Claremont University writes,

"Now the fundamental question is, are our institutions building the capacity to support their missions in a diverse society, and how? Building capacity for diversity means setting diversity at the center of the institutions mission. It means broadening the discussion beyond admissions or undergraduates and varying it according to the institution’s mission, location, and context." (Read the full article.)

Indeed, it will be important for all of us to be thoughtful and intentional to introduce diversity initiatives that can be sustained at the institutional level. It is through these efforts that we achieve institutional transformation and educational benefits of a diverse campus.

Susquehanna Web Pages of Interest

• Diversity Matters
• Title IX
• Center for Diversity and Social Justice
• The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
• Cultural Clubs and Organizations  

Signature Programs

• LeaderShape
• Sustained Dialogue Campus Network 

Training Resources

• Preventing Employment Discrimination
• Preventing Sexual Harassment

Online Resources

• Advocate
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• Diversity Web
• Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
• The Journal of Asian American Studies
• Journal of Jewish Studies
• Tribal College Journal 

Higher Education Associations

• National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
• National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education