At GSAS, through the Office of Diversity and Minority Affairs (ODMA), we strive to create an inclusive environment where all students can thrive and grow academically and personally by:

• Engaging in an active outreach and recruitment effort to increase applications from groups underrepresented in graduate study;
• Working with individual GSAS departments and programs to help in their recruitment of prospective and admitted students;
• Cooperating with other Harvard Schools in University-wide efforts to recruit prospective students and encourage admitted students to attend GSAS;
• Partnering with national organizations whose missions align with our goals, such as the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, The National Name Exchange, Ivy+ Consortium, Leadership Alliance, among others;
• Developing and running several outreach pipeline programs that provide crucial preparation for research careers to undergraduates from groups underrepresented in graduate study;
• Producing publications, including Perspectives, that highlight our recruitment and outreach efforts and include advice on the application process;
• Supporting several GSAS student affinity groups with their efforts to create community through social, cultural, and academic programming;
• Advising faculty, staff, and graduate students in GSAS degree programs on their student retention efforts and about how to improve department inclusivity;
• Assisting the GSAS Diversity & Inclusion Fellows and other graduate student leaders in promoting inclusivity across campus;
• Collaborating with Harvard's Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging on University-wide implementation strategies for student retention.