Series is made up of papers from the first iteration of the office as its own entity. Contains memos, correspondence, meeting minutes, and plans for the future of the Equal Employment Oppurtunity Office.
This series holds materials from the analysis of the faculty and staff of the University, breaking the population down by the gender and race of each member.
This series holds daily office papers filed by Gloria DeSole and Rosemary Kilkenny Sabai who were directors of the Affirmative Action Office during this period. It includes office memos, correspondence within the University and without, and meeting minutes. These all hold information on office work such as the workforce analysis of the campus, hiring waiver requests, and dealings with Section 504 and Title IX.
The recruitment Plans series consists of reports on how each department at the University planned "to overcome underutilization of minorities and women" in their new hires process. The series also holds documents created by the Black Action Coalition and other minority and female employment support groups affecting change on the University Campus.
This series documents the implementation of the Title IX Program on the Albany Campus. It reveals the actions taken by what was known as the Affirmative Action Office at the time and its work with faculty and staff to amend hiring processes on campus and implement new sports programs. This includes studies and reports on what were current hiring processes and sports teams' offerings, as well as information from other universities and colleges and their work with Title IX.
This series documents the Office of Diversity and Inclusion's Implementation of new Section 504 guidelines, which prohibits discrimination of individuals based on a disability. In this series can be found results of self-studies of the University, reports from the 504 Task Force on success of the program, and future plans to amend employment and admissions practices on campus.
The General Subject Files holds a diverse array of materials that passed through the hands of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. This includes campus handbooks and manuals from academic departments and extracurricular activities that needed approval from the office, and articles on issues addressed by the office like sexual harassment.
This series holds papers related to the span of time that the Office of Diversity and Inclusion was known as the Affirmative Action Office. This includes a variety of office based materials such as internal memos, correspondence, articles and reports on harassment, periodicals published and written by the office, and meeting minutes. All relates to the Office's efforts to address racism, sexism, and general prejudice on campus. This series also includes materials related to Gloria DeSole, temporary Acting Director of the Office, before becoming Senior Advisor to the President for Affirmative Action and Employment Planning and still acting as head of The Affirmative Action Office. This included her work with the President's Task force on Women's Safety, Women's Concerns Committee, and the LGB Concerns Committee.
The collection holds the materials from Women's Studies Class 399: Classism, Racism, and Sexism. It was taught by Gloria DeSole who was the Director of the Affirmative Action Office. Materials include; student lists, syllabi, handouts, and DeSole's class notes for lecture.
This series holds files documenting the span of time since the Office of Diversity and Inclusion began operating under its current name. This series includes affirmative action plans for both organizations within the university and the university as a whole.