Indiana University is first and foremost an institution of learning, knowledge, and scholarly engagement. As such, we fully and wholeheartedly embrace diversity. Diversity represents an approach to viewing the world, a commitment to inclusion, and a deep recognition and affirmation of who we all are and where we come from.
- Indiana University frames diversity as an approach to viewing the world through a lens of intellectual versatility allowing truth and knowledge to permeate perception; emerge through exploration and discovery; and sustain critical thinking, learning, and problem solving.
- Indiana University practices diversity as a commitment to inclusion where everyone is welcomed, valued, and provided opportunities to grow so they can do their best work.
- Indiana University expresses diversity as a deep recognition and affirmation of who we all are and where we come from.**
**This includes but is not limited to: race, ethnicity, color, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic class, religion, disability, age, military status, political ideology, visa status, economic status, geographic location, and language/linguistic ability.