DIVERSITY IN EDUCATION

Diversity in education is an expression that refers to the presence on campus of individuals -- particularly students, but also faculty and staff -- from a wider variety of backgrounds than was typical in even the relatively recent past. A century ago, higher education in the United States was nearly confined to white males, mostly from privileged backgrounds. Even in primary education other students were underrepresented, and commonly relegated to second-class status when present. Only in the past three decades has a positive effort made to be more inclusive in education -- embracing women, minorities, the disabled, and others -- and this effort remains ongoing.

With growing diversity comes the need to deal with it, from encouraging it at admissions to ensuring that students once admitted do not become "invisible" to the institution or to other students. It has come to be widely (though, as will be seen, not universally) ackn

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