News Release (April 19, 1974) The TESC Board of Trustees adopts an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Program to increase diversity
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News Release (April 19, 1974) The TESC Board of Trustees adopts an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Program to increase diversity
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19 April 1974
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The Evergreen State College
NEWS
Olympia. Washington
98505
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 19, 1974
The Board of Trustees
Opportunity
Policy and Affirmative
sharply the numbers
faculty,
of The Evergreen
Action Program designed within
of non-whites
a decade
to increase
and women among the ranks of the institution's
staff, and student body.
The action also assigned
both implementation
and prevent
a wide range of responsibilities
of the numerical
the effects of systemic
in employment
and educational
The policy,
against
State College today adopted a strong Equal
replacing
goals and development
institutional
of programs
discrimination
disability,
qualification.
one adopted in 1972, expressly
Specific
except where physical
It further requires
and recruiting
faculty.
disability
recruiting,
student in non-discriminatory
The goal for non-white
clerical,
cent, depending
discrimination
national
origin,
or
is a bona fide occupational
hiring,
training
and promoting
staff
by 1984 include a 25 per cent non-white
faculty members
crafts, operational
and
and a 50 per cent female
is listed as 25 per cent by 1982.
in various managerial,
professional,
service areas vary from 15 to 45 per
on the category.
The plan assigns
and auditing
and denign neutrality
prohibits
a 50 per cent female student enrollment,
Goals for the hiring of females and non-whites
technical,
"to overcome
ways.
goals listed for accomplishment
student enrollment,
for
practices."
any person on the basis of race, sex, age, religion,
physical
to college officers
specific
procedures
grievance
procedures
practices
problems
responsibilities
to assure progress
and contains
for implemenbation,
is being made toward goals, spells out
a section which identifies
at the institution.
(More)
Dick
Nichols.
Information
sets up monitoring
Director
Services
present
equal opportunity
I
In other business,
Evergreen's
··--Approved allocation
trustees:
of a general
The toal covers administration,
tion, computer
---And,
awarded
Evergreen
services,
Crest Landscape,
and $64,237
student
services,
and institutional
four contracts
campus.
fund operating
The bids totaled $150,072,
to Jardeen
Brothers,
plant operations,
for 1974-75.
library,
for minor construction
including
of or landscaping
Inc. of Tacoma
####
budget
instruc-
reserves.
to low bidders
Inc. of Bothell
$7,118,199
a $79,800
in housing
for building
projects
contract
and recreation
on the
to Valley
areas,
new tennis courts.
