Michigan Technological University

Michigan Tech developed a strategic plan with a recruitment goal of “bringing a world-class diverse and inclusive student body, faculty, staff, and administration to MTU.”

Michigan Tech requires that all PIs complete a “Safe and Inclusive Field / Off-campus Research Plan.” This plan involves training of all individuals involved in the project.

Through the Academy for Responsive Leadership at MTU, "Michigan Tech's academic leadership will be engaged in workshops, peer to peer learning, and summer reading groups to enhance their abilities to include, support, and empower underrepresented minorities and gender equity at Michigan Technological University."

MTU's Academic Affairs Department states, "Successful completion of the Diversity Literacy Workshop is required to serve on faculty hiring and tenure and promotion committees." The workshop includes "building literacy in recognizing unconscious bias, and cultivating diversity-centered practices."

MTU is offering a "Diversity Studies" minor, consisting of courses such as "HU 3940 - Language and Identity" and "HU 3401 - Gender and Culture."

The school hosts the McNairs Scholars Program, which “prepares eligible undergraduate students for PhD programs.” The program ultimately seeks to “increase diversity among faculty at higher education institutions across the country.”

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Sense of Belonging (DEIS) Positive Action Team released the Spring 2022 Goals to implement DEIS initiatives across the university which includes academic projects as well as a public safety campaign with local police agencies.

In April 2022, the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion launched a panel discussion on diversity issues in its Sense of Belonging Speakers Series.

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion at MTU provides a number of workshops, services, and events to support diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

Michigan Tech committed to “establishing a curriculum that advances learning and scholarship through cultural perspectives and life experiences.”

The school plans on “extending MTU’s horizons into the many communities that can benefit from and contribute to our world-class scholarship and educational venues, including local community collaboration, infused with inclusive and multicultural perspectives.”

The College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science plans to “integrate diversity-related skills and knowledge into learning experiences.”

As of 2024, most of the departments at MTU have developed a diversity, equity, and inclusion plan; "Revisions and evaluations are ongoing."

The Diversity Council at Michigan Tech "serves as an information exchange among colleges, major administrative units, and the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion to coordinate policies and address issues that impact goals related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging."

Through the Academic Affairs Department, the purpose of the Visiting Professor Program is to "[host] professors who have historically underrepresented perspectives in their field of expertise, who may be potential faculty."

The Advocates and Allies program at MTU is described as follows: "Using restorative justice and broad engagement to change university culture, those with access and authority such as men or dominant group individuals are engaged to be allies and advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion while those identifying with historically marginalized groups and gender diverse individuals provide guidance and support for advocacy efforts."

The University Senate has recently passed a resolution titled "Condemning Hate Speech, White Supremacy, and Ethnically and Racially Motivated Intolerance," which acknowledges that, "American history, culture, institutions and practices are deeply and widely permeated with anti-Blackness and systemic racism."

In Fall of 2021, MTU announced “the launch of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Sense of Belonging (DEIS) Alumni Advisory Board” in order to support DEIS campus initiatives.

With respect to the school’s plan for branding, the school will be “promoting inclusive language and marketing practices.”

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering has committed to being “diverse, inclusive, and respectful.”