Suggests that diversity in education, the arts, and the workplace is a reflection of life. Offers a working definition of "diversity." Notes that the university of the future will necessarily have more diverse student bodies and will require more diverse faculties to teach them. Argues that diversity is a journey and not a destination. (RS)

Describes a group session involving 12 teachers of various ethnicities designed to encourage participants to foster a multicultural environment in their classrooms by increasing their awareness, knowledge, and skills in working with ethnic minority students. Participants' responded positively to the sessions. Feedback questions and answers and…

This two-part article, drawn from a workshop on diversity sponsored by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), reflect theologically and practically about how the workshop can serve ATS schools and wider publics, and how ATS can better serve these constituencies through its programs, bringing the reality of diversity into the center of…

Review of journals, conference proceedings, and the ERIC database reveals scant discussion of race and ethnicity in adult education from 1950-1980. The significant increases in research on minorities since then was partly inspired by the increase in diversity of teachers and learners in the field. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

The 1999 Minority Achievement Reports were submitted by Maryland's public colleges and universities. Part 1 of this report analyzes the progress that public institutions have made in the following areas: undergraduate and graduate enrollment; graduation and transfer rates; and employment of minority faculty and senior administrators. Part 1 also…

Offers an historical overview of the Association of Theological Schools' response to the challenge of diversity in theological education. Reviews the pre-1996 experience of the association and the process of the "Quality and Accreditation" project that resulted in the redeveloped standards now in place, with reflections drawn from the…

When the University of Minnesota-Morris confronted the challenge of promoting religious expression for students of diverse spiritual orientations, the result was a series of forums entitled Spiritual Pathways. Explains how Spiritual Pathways brings together students, student affairs administrators, and faculty to discuss and understand diverse…

This report describes the progress of minority students in the Maryland's system of higher education. Part 1 includes a statewide analysis, by staff from the Maryland Higher Education Commission, of 4-year trends in the performance measures related to minority achievement that are included in the most recent performance accountability report.…

This paper presents information from surveys of 1,028 diverse high school students in one California district about inequalities they experienced and their thoughts regarding such issues. While 83 percent of students are students of color, 38 percent of teachers are teachers of color. About 4 out of 14 students have been treated unfairly or…

This pilot study uses college faculty (n=10) and students (n=18) within American Psychological Association-approved department of counseling psychology programs to explore whether training programs are addressing religion as a component of diversity; how students with fundamental religious beliefs interact with members of their training program,…

Diversity is an idea that merits closer critical analysis. Many efforts to support diversity are framed by discourses grounded in conceptualizations of culture, difference, and identity that further the status quo, not multicultural understanding. Schools need a strategy of teaching and learning about differences that radically challenges people's…

Surveyed the 25 highest-ranked U.S. business schools regarding the status of black students and faculty. Results found that blacks continued to show very slow progress in business school enrollments and in securing faculty positions at these schools. Some schools had no black faculty members, and 14 of the 25 had no tenured black faculty members.…

A Brazilian nurse educator working in the United States describes the difficulty of achieving cultural awareness and the importance of daily experiences of other cultures. She stresses the need to prepare faculty to work with diverse nursing students and to recruit more minority faculty. (SK)

This publication highlights the opportunities to celebrate statewide diversity experienced by the 1998-99 Iowa Teacher of the Year, an African-American woman. Section 1 highlights her visits to 16 colleges around Iowa. Section 2 discusses her visits to 400 classrooms in 93 K-12 schools in 50 districts. Section 3 discusses the conferences and…

This document contains statistical demographic information describing the gender, age, and ethnicity of the 57,772 students enrolled at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) during the fall 1997 semester, as well as the ethnicity of the faculty, classified staff and administrators working at CCSF at that time. The report includes 1996 figures for…