ERIC Number: EJ853542
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003-Jun
Pages: 12
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The Unhappy Difference Diversity Makes
Iannone, Carol
Academic Questions, v16 n2 p9-20 Jun 2003
In examining the publications of a project run by the American Association of Colleges and Universities titled "Understanding the Difference Diversity Makes: Assessing Campus Diversity Initiatives," Carol Iannone finds that the "campus diversity movement" is unwilling and unable to achieve genuine diversity. It succeeds masterfully, however, in diminishing real learning and in creating an educational environment devoted entirely to group identity and ideological conformity. (Contains 30 notes.)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Institutional), Student Diversity, Excellence in Education, Multicultural Education, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Activism, Citizen Participation, Criticism, Organizational Climate, Organizational Culture
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Education Level: Higher Education
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