Diversity
A diverse administrative staff, faculty, and student body are needed to provide the richness necessary for osteopathic medical education. WCUCOM makes every effort to recruit students from diverse backgrounds to foster that richness while meeting its mission and objectives. This policy complies with the “Accreditation of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine: COM Accreditation Standards and Procedures (effective July 1, 2017).” It is the official policy of WCUCOM that recruitment and selection of students for admission, consideration for financial aid, the administration of its education policies, scholarships, loan programs, athletic and other school-administered rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students, and the selection of WCUCOM faculty, staff, and students, will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, gender, age, or disability .
William Carey University is a Title IV recognized religious institution, and operates under an exemption from the U.S. Office of Education Office of Civil Rights as a religious institution. In compliance with federal law, including provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the bylaws of the university, William Carey University does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, gender, age, or disability in admissions or in the administration of its education policies, scholarships, loan programs, athletic and other school-administered rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the university.
