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The Future of Diversity
Winter 2005
Volume 91, Number 1
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CONTENTS:
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
- LIBERAL
EDUCATION AND AMERICA'S PROMISE
By Carol Geary Schneider
FEATURED TOPIC
- RECONSIDERING
THE DIVERSITY RATIONALE
By Mitchell J. Chang
In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions
on race-conscious admissions practices, an examination
of the status of diversity in higher education.
- EXPERIENCING DIVERSITY: WHAT CAN WE LEARN
FROM
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES?
By George D. Kuh and Paul D. Umbach
How do students at liberal arts colleges fare in terms
of experiencing and learning about diversity? Analysis
of key findings from the National Survey of Student
Engagement and Project DEEP (Documenting Effective
Educational Practices).
- PIPELINE TO
PATHWAYS: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR
IMPROVING THE STATUS OF WOMEN ON CAMPUS
By Judith S. White
Recent studies of gender equity and the status of
women in higher education, together with the willingness
of institutional leaders to grasp the structural problems
involved in women’s “failure” to
rise in faculty ranks, have created an important opportunity
to rethink the societal context of academic careers.
PERSPECTIVES
- 1969--LIBERAL
LEARNING AND THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION
By John V. Lindsay
The theme of AAC&U’s 1969 annual meeting
is explored by the then-mayor of New York City.
- LIBERAL
EDUCATION AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET:
A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY APPROACH
By Leo I. Higdon, Jr.
Clarity about what is meant by the entrepreneurial
mindset can enable greater understanding of why its
study as an integrative discipline within liberal
education is so important, particularly given the
changing expectations of the career-driven graduates
of the twenty-first century.
- THE ECONOMICS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION
By Bobby Fong
In the context of impending Congressional reauthorization
of the federal Higher Education Act, a discussion
of issues related to the rising costs of college attendance,
their consequent impact on accessibility, and the
appropriate federal role, if any,
in regulating price increases.
MY VIEW
- TEACHING FOR
TIPS
By Natasha Sajé
The impact of consumerism on higher education prompts
a former waitress to explore the similarities between
teaching students and serving customers.
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