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Diversity Matters

Diversity provides an assortment of benefits that can enhance any workplace, classroom or community. Use diversity workshops to foster cultural awareness. Learn how affirmative action in college admissions has affected diversity in universities.
Who Benefits From Affirmative Action in College Admissions?
Affirmative action and minorities are often linked, but are the ethnic groups who need it most reaping its benefits in college admissions? A look at how affirmative action plays out among Asian-American and African-American students suggests maybe not.
Diversity Workshops: Do's and Don'ts
By consulting diversity experts, encouraging team building and setting ground rules, you can hold diversity workshops that pay off.
Three Ways to Foster Cultural Diversity in School
Private schools are typically made up of the country’s most elite citizens. However, diversity is just important in these environments as it is elsewhere. How does one foster diversity in the country’s most distinguished academic institutions? Discover how to create pluralism among students, teachers and other staffers.
Are Private Schools Elitist?
Private schools are often linked to elitism, but is this a fair assessment? Changes in private schools indicate that diversity is replacing elitism. These days private schools actively seek out multicultural student bodies.
Christmas and Cultural Diversity
Increasingly, Christmas has become an occasion which has fueled discussions about cultural diversity. While the overwhelming majority of Americans are Christmas, a growing number of the nation’s citizens practice other religions. Many of these individuals belong to ethnic minority groups. Is it possible to embrace multiculturalism during the nation’s traditional holiday season?

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