Commitment to Broadening Participation

Associated Universities, Inc. is firmly committed to the principles of diversity and broad participation within its workforce, in the wider science and engineering communities that our missions touch, and with the public. This is rooted in fundamental AUI corporate policies, and carried through in corporate practices.

AUI is dedicated to developing and maintaining the highest caliber workforce that, at the same time, is diverse and broadly inclusive of members from under-represented groups. AUI’s high-level goals in this area include maintaining competence in the science and technical skills necessary to carry out its missions, fostering diversity among its staff, helping to train a diverse next generation of scientists and engineers, and bringing the benefits of these programs to a wide cross-section of the public. Actions to reach these collective goals include:

  • Aggressively recruiting staff from a pool representing a diverse cross-section of society
  • Creating a work environment conducive to the employment and retention of women and minorities
  • Creating programs that help train, and help universities educate, the new generations of scientists and engineers, including institutions that serve underrepresented communities
  • Bringing the benefits of research conducted at AUI facilities to the general public, to help develop a scientifically and technologically literate society

AUI and NRAO have developed a comprehensive Action Plan for Broadening Participation to leverage the investments in current programs by strengthening internal policies and management structures as they relate to diversity and broadening participation, and by adding new programs to reach even farther. Management-level activities include an internal review of all AUI policies, including participation and diversity, and appointment of a senior AUI corporate officer, Ms. Cynthia Allen, as the AUI Diversity Officer, to formally oversee and coordinate all diversity plans and activities at AUI and all its operating centers and to serve as the ombudsman for diversity issues across the organization.

AUI is resolute in fostering an appreciation and advancement of diversity and inclusiveness in its culture and environment.

Associated Universities, Inc. is firmly committed to the principles of diversity and broad participation within its workforce and within the broader science, engineering, and public communities that our missions touch. This is rooted in fundamental AUI corporate policies, and carried through in corporate practices.

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