Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO)

The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) encompasses the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO), which works to create and implement new efforts to address issues of climate across the university for all students, faculty, and staff. Within OID, the Director of OEO interprets and implements policy related to best affirmative action and equal opportunity practices in employment and retention and the OEO staff monitors grievances and compliance related issues. The administration of disability services (in accordance with recommendations associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]) to faculty and staff is part of the work of OEO.

The Office of Equal Opportunity can be reached at 617-627-3298 oeo@tufts.edu. More information on the office can be found at http://oeo.tufts.edu.

Tufts Fact

The first dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was J.Sterling Kingsley, a biology professor. He assumed the position in 1903 and, at the time, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences consisted of nine departments. Today, there are twenty-five departments offering master's and doctoral degrees in everything from Art History to Physics.