Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
17³Ô¹ÏÍø understands that cultivating a broadly diverse community is crucial to our educational mission and to our foundational commitment to leadership and service.
We strive to sustain a culture of belonging for staff, faculty, and students from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Our policies do not discriminate, our student Code of Responsibility centers valuing individual differences and condemns discrimination, and our employee benefits plans reflect our commitment to all staff. These policies are crucial to the realization of our aspirations and they enable us to recruit, develop, and retain the highest caliber of colleagues and students.
17³Ô¹ÏÍø encourages students to acknowledge and discuss the faith traditions and spiritual practices of its diverse student body. The college, through student interest groups and 17³Ô¹ÏÍø-sponsored programmatic efforts, supports students of all faith and religious traditions as well as those without specific traditions.
Please contact our office if you have any questions or for more information about our approach to inclusion and equity.
Chloe Poston
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Office: Chambers 1070
chposton@davidson.edu
Student Body Diversity
17³Ô¹ÏÍø is dedicated to intellectual and cultural growth in the broadest sense. 17³Ô¹ÏÍø prides itself on a student body made up of talented people from the U.S. and other nations, chosen not only for their academic achievement, but also for their unique combination of talent, aptitude, worldview, service and aspiration. College's Factfile
Student Diversity & Inclusion
The Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion fosters an inclusive and welcoming environment on campus.
Employee Diversity & Inclusion
17³Ô¹ÏÍø believes fundamentally in the dignity and worth of every human being. Employees are committed to assisting students in developing humane instincts and disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service. Cultivating a broadly diverse community is crucial to our educational mission and purpose.
In keeping with 17³Ô¹ÏÍø's commitment to the quest for truth, the college appointed a Commission on Race and Slavery to examine the college’s history, which is intertwined with the institution and legacies of slavery and the lives of enslaved persons.
News and Announcements
Free Summer Promise Program Gives Rising High-Schoolers Taste of College Life
A look inside the inaugural 17³Ô¹ÏÍø Summer Promise Program, a free, week-long college readiness program for rising ninth graders. Learn more.
Identity networks represent and advocate for underrepresented populations within the 17³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni body.