We the undersigned, are deeply troubled by the potential effect of President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric on our ability to provide a world-class education. Already we have heard directly and through news reports that existing and potential students are deeply anxious about the consequences of his rhetoric, behavior, and policies.
The United States leads the world in business education, and we attract a diverse array of students to our schools. Students from other countries enrich our classrooms with their knowledge of different cultures, business settings, and governments. Students from every nation bring their familiarity with different religions, races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, socio-economic levels, ages, physical disabilities, and political ideologies. Without access to their rich experience our educational programs will be impoverished.
Last year the number of international students in US colleges and universities surpassed one million. These students bring billions of dollars into the U.S. economy and, when they leave our classrooms, they contribute to the prospect for our country and the world as a whole. Many international students stay in the US and use their innovation and entrepreneurial talents to start or grow our businesses. US students of all backgrounds spread throughout our country and around the world, bringing a range of benefits to business, shareholders, and the society as a whole. Without students of all backgrounds, our educational institutions and our economy will fail.
We Deans and faculty of business schools hereby seek to reassure all students by pledging that we will not tolerate discrimination based on religious belief, race, ethnicity, country of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical disability, age, socio-economic background, or political ideology. We will work to ensure that our students, our communities, and all our nation’s inhabitants are educated with respect to the vital contributions made by people of all backgrounds.
We urge every faculty member and Dean of a US Business School to endorse this statement.
The United States leads the world in business education, and we attract a diverse array of students to our schools. Students from other countries enrich our classrooms with their knowledge of different cultures, business settings, and governments. Students from every nation bring their familiarity with different religions, races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, socio-economic levels, ages, physical disabilities, and political ideologies. Without access to their rich experience our educational programs will be impoverished.
Last year the number of international students in US colleges and universities surpassed one million. These students bring billions of dollars into the U.S. economy and, when they leave our classrooms, they contribute to the prospect for our country and the world as a whole. Many international students stay in the US and use their innovation and entrepreneurial talents to start or grow our businesses. US students of all backgrounds spread throughout our country and around the world, bringing a range of benefits to business, shareholders, and the society as a whole. Without students of all backgrounds, our educational institutions and our economy will fail.
We Deans and faculty of business schools hereby seek to reassure all students by pledging that we will not tolerate discrimination based on religious belief, race, ethnicity, country of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical disability, age, socio-economic background, or political ideology. We will work to ensure that our students, our communities, and all our nation’s inhabitants are educated with respect to the vital contributions made by people of all backgrounds.
We urge every faculty member and Dean of a US Business School to endorse this statement.