Although the author is a computer scientist, he has been involved with issues of diversity for many years. He developed an online gamelike environment to teach inner-city kids algebra, using culturally relevant learning technologies, and he has applied data-mining techniques to help universities admit diverse classes without relying on just one…

In this article, the author describes her experience with the damaging effects of the rigid division of the university environment in two mutually exclusive camps: faculty and staff. That separation is becoming increasingly untenable as the academic work force changes. With full-time, tenure-track faculty jobs becoming scarcer, a large contingent…