Reviews
A must-read for anyone working in higher education... This book offers a deep, broad, and forward-looking approach to making Diversity's Promise for Higher Education a closer, rather than a distant reality.
An important contribution for its succinct and persuasive framing of diversity as more than an afterthought but as an essential and primary lens through which to view our institutional work education... This text unequivocally and strategically frames the implementation of our contemporary diversity imperative.
A valuable resource in offering a multifaceted approach for colleges and universities to follow in seeking to make diversity efforts constitute a core part of institutional functioning... Smith offers a very useful work that is accessible to a more general audience, including higher education administrators, as well as of value to scholars specializing in diversity issues.
Daryl Smith... has updated her landmark work on the importance and value of diversity in higher education leadership, research, student success, and other aspects of higher education... Smith offers concrete suggestions for colleges and universities to improve diversity on campus.
This book provides guidance for advisors interested in developing a stronger understanding of diversity related topics and provides the stimulus for meaningful discussions about methods that enhance the institutional climate for multiple student groups.
A groundbreaking text that highlights diversity's crucial role as a driving force for change in higher education.
Book Details
Preface: The Promise of Diversity Is Excellence
Acknowledgments
part i. the diversity imperative
Chapter 1 The National and Global Context for Diversity in Higher Education
Chapter 2 The Role of
Preface: The Promise of Diversity Is Excellence
Acknowledgments
part i. the diversity imperative
Chapter 1 The National and Global Context for Diversity in Higher Education
Chapter 2 The Role of Identity in Diversity
part ii. reframing diversity
Chapter 3 A Diversity Framework for Higher Education: Inclusive and Differentiated
Chapter 4 The Past Fifty Years
part iii. building capacity by interrupting the usual
Chapter 5 Identifying and Retaining Talent
Chapter 6 Working with and across Differences: Intergroup Relations and Identity
Chapter 7 Student Learning and Success
part iv. what will it take?
Chapter 8 Monitoring Progress on Diversity
Chapter 9 Making Diversity Work: Recommendations and Conclusions
References
Index