For Many Freshmen, Orientation Now Includes Efforts to Promote Racial Understanding.

Collison, Michele N-K

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For Many Freshmen, Orientation Now Includes Efforts to Promote Racial Understanding.

Collison, Michele N-K

Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n2 pA29 Sep 7 1988

Institutions are adding "cultural-diversity workshops" to their orientation sessions in hopes of promoting greater harmony on their campuses. The orientation session at the University of Michigan is described in which a panel of four students talk about their experiences at the university and then students break into small groups for frank discussions. (MLW)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Orientation, Program Descriptions, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Workshops

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