Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Overview

Living our Mission

Verto Education is committed to fostering community and embracing diversity throughout. Institutionally that means committing to implementing hiring practices that result in a faculty and staff that is reflective of our students on our semesters. That also means encouraging and creating more opportunities for all students – but especially students who are underrepresented in higher education and study abroad.

We also recognize that some of our daily practices can also strengthen our community and make others feel welcome, included, and valued. Verto is dedicated to ensuring that Verto is a place where faculty, staff, students, and alumni feel seen, supported, and affirmed. These community fostering initiatives are dedicated to opening dialogue and producing positive change:

• Actively diversifying our faculty and staff to be reflective of the students and alumni on our semester programs through identifying bias blind spots to create equal representation, high employee retention, upward growth internally, and productive recruitment.
• Creating an evolving, robust training program for our faculty and staff to better understand and anticipate the needs of all students and alumni through cultural competency and collaborative onboarding experiences.
• Researching and facilitating safe spaces and providing mental health resources for all faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
• Continuing to diversify our students, high school counselors, independent educational consultants, and partner institutions to promote accessibility within higher education through presenting merit scholarships and need-based grant opportunities.

If you are an enrolled student or parent, prospective student or parent, or prospective faculty and staff member, Verto invites you to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office Hours and Virtual Events.

Office Hours

Thursdays: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST/ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST

Contact: malea@vertoeducation.org 

Panel Discussion: Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Abroad with Verto Education from Monday, June 29th

Partner Colleges with over 30% of incoming students who identify as Black or African American; Hispanic; Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American Indian or Alaskan native; or two or more races (2019):

• William & Mary – (49%)
• Temple University (31.8%)
• Case Western Reserve University (36%)
• Rhodes College (30% – Multicultural & International Students)
• Pace University (34%)
• Richard Bland College of William & Mary (46%)
• Adelphi University (44.6%);
• Mills College (63%) – College for Women and Gender Non-Binary Students
• Portland State University (32.85%)
• Goucher College (38%)
• University of Auckland, NZ (63% Non-European Students)
• University College Dublin, Ireland (32%)

Common student organizations on campus you could join:

• Black Student Association (BSA), Black Student Union (BSU) or African-American Student Association (AASA)
• National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
• National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA)
• National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
• Alpha Pi Omega
• National APIA Panhellenic Association
• Latinx Student Union (LSU)
• India Student Association (ISA)
• Indigenous Student Association (ISA)
• Students for Palestine Association
• Asian American Cultural Association (AACA)
• Hawaiian and Pacific Islander club (HAPI)
• Common Ground Alliance (CGA)