Andrews University

The University "manages diversity" through student and faculty training.

The University held "Implicit Bias Training" in the Spring of 2024.

The Andrews Core Experience is a requirement for all undergraduate students, which "includes an explicit emphasis on multiculturalism and diversity.”

The university's Culture and Inclusion webpage states that the university manages diversity by the "integration of cultural competency training in classroom curriculum."

According to the Student Handbook, "acts of bias, discrimination or harassment are an affront to the core values of the University and will be appropriately addressed." It continues by defining three types of biases, "stereotypes (mental bias), prejudices (emotional bias), and discrimination or harassment (behavioral bias)." The handbook defines bias incidents as "conduct, speech, images or expression is motivated, in whole or in part, by conscious or unconscious bias, which targets and/or negatively impacts individuals or groups based on one or more of the actual or perceived characteristics listed above."

The University "seeks to provide a prompt and careful investigation and response plan" to all "good-faith reports" of bias incidents. Reports are reviewed by the Student Life Deans Council, which "reserves the right to assign what type of educational and/or disciplinary response is appropriate for the level of violation as well as to broaden or lessen the response relative to the severity, persistence or pervasiveness of the behavior."

Andrews announced "that all faculty and staff will go through expanded cultural diversity training."

The University states that "a diverse student population is necessary for student development," which is why it prioritizes "equity in education" and "multicultural education." According to the University, achieving these goals, requires "a school staff that is culturally competent, and to the greatest extent possible racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse."

The Actuarial Diversity Scholarship is available for Hispanic and minority students.

The University was awarded a $2.25 million grant from the Department of Education to "improve minority enrollment." It specifically aims to increase enrollment of "the Pokagon Band of Native American students in Dowagiac."

The Council of Independent Colleges awarded the University a $38,000 grant, which will be used to "incorporate a wide range of voices to inform university identity and create a more welcoming campus culture for diverse ethnicities, cultures, and religious perspectives."

On June 17, 2021, President Andrea Luxton sent a letter to students promising to "commit to being an anti-racist institution." She added, "We commit to educating our Andrews University community on how to recognize their own unconscious bias..."

On June 19, 2020, President Andrea Luxton offered a list of resources to better understand anti-racism. The writings include, "The Case for Reparations," "Whiteness as Property," "The 1619 Project," and "21 Anti-Racist Videos to Share With Kids."

Between October 14 - 16 of 2021, the university hosted the "Congress on Social Justice," which was "an event designed to highlight global issues of imbalance as well as the biblical solutions that address them."

Andrew's Culture and Inclusion webpage offers a variety of resources for its African American community including, "Addressing Racism in Higher Education: From Indifference to Inclusivity," and "College Campus Inclusivity for Black Men."

The University operates a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Center that is "designed to focus on narrative change and racial healing" to prepare students "as they break down racial hierarchies and achieve the positive transformation of society and communities."

The DIVINO blog explores themes of diversity and inclusion, such as "different races, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities, experiences and backgrounds."

The University provides "Anti-Racist Resources," especially for faculty. The University states the resources "should be manifested in directly dismantling systems of oppression... For example, we encourage faculty to incorporate the voices of black thinkers and their antiracist principles into classrooms and approaches to teaching."

In Spring 2024, the University held a "Summit on Race and Religion."

The University Library provides resources for "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Inclusive Teaching."

On June 16, 2022, the University President issued a statement in honor of Juneteenth saying that “Andrews University’s commitment to biblically driven knowledge and understanding is behind our ongoing pledge to clearly stand against racism and hatred, to commit to being an anti-racist institution.”

In the Spring of 2023, Andrews was named "First in Diversity among National Universities in the United States." The ranking was based "solely [on] diversity of culture and race."

In November 2023, the position of Vice President for University Culture and Inclusion was retitled to "Assistant to the President for University Mission and Culture." The University President stated, "What does not change with this position is that the important and essential work of this diversity officer role will be committed to continuing to help move our university forward on issues of diversity throughout all areas of our campus.”

In a statement on diversity, the President of the University stated, "We will strive to provide opportunities for intercultural understanding and engagement, modeling biblical ethics and respectful conversations about race and ethnicity, whenever and wherever we can." He continued, "We have made progress here at Andrews University, but there is still more to do.”