The following procedures are in effect to provide internal dissemination of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Policy:

• Personnel Manuals include a statement of affirmative action and nondiscrimination.
  
  
• Nondiscrimination clauses are included in all union agreements; contractual provisions are included to guarantee that union agreements are nondiscriminatory.
  
  
• Information regarding the Amherst campus Affirmative Action Program is published in The Campus Chronicle, a weekly newspaper.
  
  
• Each department, division, school, and college receives a copy of the annual Affirmative Action Plan. For a copy of this plan, contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at (413) 545-3464. A copy of the 2001 Affirmative Action Plan and other affirmative action documents are available at http://www.umass.edu/eod/aa.html.
  
  
• The Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office distributes the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Grievance Policy and Procedures and the Sexual Harassment Policy. All EO&D Policies and Procedures including the Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Policy and are available at http://www.umass.edu/eod/policies.html.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst disseminates its policy externally through the following procedures:

• Recruitment sources are informed of the University's policy as requests are made to refer qualified women and minorities to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  
  
• An equal employment opportunity clause is incorporated in all purchase orders, leases, contracts and subcontracts. It appears on all communications external to the University.
  
  
• All recruitment advertisements placed in outside publications (e.g. newspapers, journals, magazines or newsletters) carry a standard University of Massachusetts Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity statement, thus publicly disseminating our policy to a vast audience.
  
  
• The Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Policy is included on the notice of Employment Opportunities, which is sent by the Employment Office on a weekly basis to minority and women's organizations, community agencies, agencies that serve veterans and the disabled, and other agencies concerned with employment opportunities.
  
  
• Through its application form for prospective classified employees and by requesting voluntary self-identification of protected group status during search procedures for professional positions, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, communicates the existence of its Affirmative Action Program.
  

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