What Is Meant By Diversity?
A. Diversity means men and women from different cultural, social, economic, and demographic backgrounds, including ethnic minorities. Q. What tools can the University use to promote diversity? A. We’ll look at socioeconomic factors and follow the guidelines on diversity fellowships drafted by the Office of the President. Diversity still includes racial diversity, but now we have to define diversity in broader terms. For outreach and retention, University policy is still not very clear. But the Regents and the administration realize that these new laws will affect minority enrollment, and they are encouraging us to enhance outreach activities. Q. Tell us more about the new diversity criteria you’ll be using, such as the number of siblings attending college, the distance between home and college, or the primary language used at home? What do they say about a student? A. They give you information as to whether the student has overcome some difficulties. For example, if students speak a di
