Excerpt from Dean Bruner’s message to the Darden community: Diversity at Darden, August 21, 2006

Greatness of an academic community is measured in part by the breadth of outreach in creating and disseminating knowledge. In the past year, we have initiated programs to improve Darden’s outreach through a strengthened research emphasis, through international engagement and through technology. But at the very core of the breadth of outreach is the diversity of the community, defined particularly in terms of gender, race and international origin. I write to express the importance of this consideration to the success of the Darden School.