EQUITY
Community members receive appropriate support to ensure equal access to all privileges, assured of procedural fairness across protected identity groups. We account for inequities.
DIVERSITY
Community members expose one another to the fullest possible variety of human identities, experiences, values, and worldviews. We openly engage with our differences.
INCLUSION
Community members engage one another as full participants in school activities, communicating mutual respect, consideration, and appreciation.
Not only Do You Belong Here, You ECHO
Engaged, we embrace conversation, rather than flee, dominate, or shut it down.
Courageous, we address — rather than avoid — difficult topics.
Humble, we check on whether we are understanding and communicating well.
Open, we offer authentic perspectives with care and candor.
Events
The 2022 Summer Institute For Emerging Managers and Leaders (SIEML)
SIEML is a University of California systemwide initiative that aims to increase diversity in graduate business programs in all the UC business schools. It is an all-expenses-paid, 11-day immersive business and career leadership experience for 50 students. In 2022, the students came to UCLA Anderson. Our goal is to inspire and engage all SIEML participants as they continue their paths to graduate school.
University of California Opens Pathways to Graduate Management Education
UCLA Anderson’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion hosted 50 students in the 2022 SIEML immersive business and career leadership experience, and introduced them to Anderson’s core values: share success, think fearlessly and drive change.
Past Events & Spotlights
Meet Our AAPI Tastemakers
UCLA Anderson MBA Students Network in the Metaverse
UCLA Anderson’s Diwali Event Is a Colorful Celebration of Community
UCLA Anderson’s Alliance for Latinx Management Goes Social
From the UCLA Anderson Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
It’s Not Just What You Say or How You Say It
Heather Caruso discusses how listening to understand is the key to averting conflicts, particularly among people of different backgrounds and cultures.
Featuring: Heather Caruso, Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Behavioral Decision Making
What You Can Do
Thoughts from Assistant Dean Heather Caruso
The Course for Diversity
Heather Caruso’s class focuses on leadership in equity, diversity and inclusion
Record Numbers of Americans Recognize Racism as a Problem
Heather Caruso envisions what the solution could look like
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership
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Assistant Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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Senior Operations Manager, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Pre-Admission Initiatives, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Anderson Student Association, VP of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Signature Events
Embracing Diversity Week
UCLA Anderson’s Embracing Diversity Week celebrates the power of every person from every background to shape our future. Each November, research centers, programs and clubs across UCLA Anderson come together for Embracing Diversity Week, a celebration of how we embrace our diversity and welcome more!
Velocity Women's Leadership Summit
The Velocity Women’s Leadership Summit seeks to deepen the dialogue about women in business, explore multiple definitions of success and provide skill-based training. This event is hosted by the Women’s Business Connection (WBC), in collaboration with the Women’s Global Connection (WGC) at UCLA Anderson.
UCLA Anderson offers a range of fellowships geared to offset the cost of tuition so students can fully dedicate themselves to their studies.
Anne Tsui's Dare to Care Award
Anderson Latino Management Association Fellowship Fund
James Cole Memorial Fellowship
Out Alumni & Friends Fellowship
The Evelyn and David Hou Fellowship
Hannah and Thormund Miller Scholar
Peter Odebjer Memorial Fund Fellowship
Price Center Haskamp Fellowship
Stacey A. Salomon Memorial Fellowship
Stefanie L. Verkauf Memorial Fellowship
The Nonprofit Management Fellowship
Terri D. Bullock Fellowship
UCLA Anderson EDI Summer Task Force Fellowship
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is committed to increasing the representation of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in American business schools and corporate management.
The Consortium awards merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to top MBA candidates who have a proven record of promoting inclusion in school, in their jobs or in their personal lives. A member since 2010, UCLA Anderson is a proud supporter of this mission. Find out more about the Consortium at cgsm.org.
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)
As a Harvard MBA student in the early 1990’s, John Rice began delving into the reasons why there were few other students there who looked like him. He developed a thesis for a nonprofit organization that would provide the training, coaching and networks that traditionally have been unavailable to minorities. In 2002, after a successful career at Disney and the National Basketball Association, John left the private sector to found the organization he first envisioned in business school: Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). For more information, visit the MLT website.
Through Forté, women can explore the endless career options available through business—from healthcare to hospitality—and learn universally valuable skills to accelerate their careers and thrive as leaders.
Tools and programs are tailored for women at every stage:
- For college women: Business conferences, a year-round career program and more.
- For women who want to attend business school: Application/GMAT preparation and more.
- For MBA women: Fellowships, leadership conferences, and more.
- For professional women: Networking, leadership training, and more.
For more information, visit the Forté Foundation website.
Reaching Out has grown to include a range of programming that educates, inspires, and connects an increasingly diverse LGBT+ MBA community. For more information, visit the ROMBA website.
- 15+ National and regional events annually
- 1,800+ Attendees at ROMBA 2019
- 250+ Reaching Out Fellows from 60 business schools
- 1,700+ Students and alumni on Reaching Out Connect
- 100+ Corporate Partners