Defining Moments: A Historical Perspective on Higher Education's Engagement with Diversity
John Hope Franklin of Duke University chronicles higher education's journey from segregation to the present and discusses the work that remains to reach equitable outcomes.
(Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:14:19 CST)

Envisioning the Next Generation of Diversity Work: Core Agreements and Correspondences
Caryn McTighe Musil of AAC&U and Laura I. Rendon of Iowa State University consider new directions in diversity work. The speakers examine the dominant institutional values that have trapped the academy in patterns of exclusion; practices that reward only certain kinds of thinking, scholarship, and teaching; and approaches that are needed to advance diversity and inclusion as educational assets.
(Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2006 06:02:16 CST)

Diversity Within: The Development of the Multicultural Self
L. Lee Knefelkamp of Teachers College of Columbia University explores understandings of identity within the current diversity movement and how identity affects interactions with content and peers in the classroom.
(Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2006 05:52:31 CST)

Students' Perceptions, Experiences, and Insights about the Next Generation of Diversity Work
A student panel of Ismail Firat Altay of University of Pennsylvania & Haccetepe University (Turkey), Wayne Ma of New York University, Jessica Mason of Arcadia University, Aleksander Mehrle of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and Jessily Ramirez of Stetson University reflect on current issues in diversity.
(Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2006 06:02:47 CST)

After Katrina: Diversity and Learning in the New New Orleans
Kyshun Webster of Xavier University of Louisiana; Pat T. Evans of University of New Orleans; Hamilton Simons-Jones of City Year Louisiana, and Carolyn Barber-Pierre and Amy Koritz of Tulane University use their local context in the aftermath of Katrina as a starting point for discussion of diversity, community, and the mission of higher education.
(Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2006 06:11:28 CST)

Making Excellence Inclusive
Carol Geary Schneider of AACU and Damon Williams of University of Connecticut speak about the Making Excellence Inclusive report and explore how institutions can implement these ideas throughout academic and student life.
(Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2006 06:11:28 CST)

At the Crossroads of Diversity and Learning
Moderated by Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen of AAC&U, Neil Hartmann, student at The College of New Jersey, Elizabeth Minnich of AAC&U, Jose Moreno of California State University, Long Beach, and Kathleen Wong of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo discuss the past, present and future of the diversity movement on college campuses.
(Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2006 05:40:31 CST)