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Part of 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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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

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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

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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.