Recruitment of Diverse Scholars at the Yale Graduate School

The Office for Diversity and Equal Opportunity’s recruitment efforts has been focused on outreach which maximizes opportunities to meet diverse students interested in graduate study in a wide variety of settings. The Office recognizes that graduate study is a very individual choice, one that often requires a great deal of long-term, sustained interactions and the development of relationships with undergraduate institutions who are committed to graduate education, particularly for students who have been traditionally underrepresented in graduate school programs.

To this end, the recruitment initiatives developed by the Office for Diversity has been three-pronged and include (1) coordination of institution and geographical region-specific recruitment trips and attendance at graduate fairs and conferences attended by large numbers of diverse students interested in graduate study;

(2) the development of partnerships with institutions who serve large numbers of diverse students in order to nurture and encourage the best and the brightest students from these institutions to consider applying to Yale for graduate school; and (3) involvement in national consortium efforts that allow for collaboration with other institutions interested in increasing the numbers of diverse students who pursue graduate study.

For further information about our recruitment programs and activities, please contact the Office at (203) 432-0763 or grad.diversity@yale.edu.