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- Title
THE BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY.
- Authors
Smith, Daryl G.; Schonfeld, Natalie B.
- Abstract
Discussions about diversity in higher education today are filled with contradiction and paradox. Legal challenges and ballot initiatives in California and other locations all threaten the growing commitment to diversity in higher education. Yet in more and more arenas, the importance of diversity is highlighted. A 1998 national opinion poll sponsored by the Ford Foundation's Campus Diversity Initiative shows that over 90 percent of the public believe that diversity is important and that higher education has an important role in fostering it. Moreover, the corporate, service and nonprofit sectors of our society express an urgent need for employees who are prepared to work in diverse environments and recognize the resulting benefits to the workplace of increased critical thinking and creativity skills. In addition, important relationships linking diversity and the future of democracy are being noted and fostered explicitly. A number of international meetings of delegates, including educators, policymakers, and researchers from India, South Africa, and the United States have been held over the last five years, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
- Subjects
HIGHER education; PUBLIC opinion polls; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; WORK environment; CRITICAL thinking; CREATIVE ability
- Publication
About Campus, 2000, Vol 5, Issue 5, p16
- ISSN
1086-4822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/108648220000500505