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DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 361 041 JC 930 422
AUTHOR Simpson, Mary-Margaret, Ed.; And OthersTITLE Beyond the Vision: Implementation Strategies for
Diversifying Community College Leadership. A BeaconCollege Project.
INSTITUTION Metropolitan Community Coll., Omaha, NE.Clearinghouse for Exemplary Practices in LeadershipDiversity.
SPONS AGENCY American Association of Community Colleges,Washington, DC.; Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek,Mich.
PUB DATE [May 933NOTE 75p.PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) -- Viewpoints
(Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.) (120)
EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Administrator Characteristics; Administrator
Responsibility; Administrator Selection; *AffirmativeAction; Change Strategies; *College Administration;College Faculty; Community Colleges; *Diversity(Institutional); Employment Practices; *EthnicDistribution; Leadership Qualities; *Minority Groups;Organizational Change; Program Descriptions; Two YearColleges
IDENTIFIERS Beacon College Projects
ABSTRACT
Focusing on the implementation of leadershipdiversity efforts at 10 two-year colleges, this collection of reportsrepresents results of an 18-month leadership diversity projectcoordinated by Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska,during 1991 and 1992. The following 12 articles are included: (1)"Keeping Diversity on the Front Burner," by J. Richard Gilliland; (2)"Collaborative Change: A Consortium Approach to LeadershipDiversity," by Mary-Margaret Simpson; (3) "Implementing LeadershipDiversity at Austin Community College," by Exalton Delco; (4)"Spreading the Influence at a Multi-Campus College: LeadershipDiversity at Central Community College," by Vikki Jaeger; (5) "APresident's Perspective on Fostering Diversity and Leadership," byTom Gonzales; (6) "Hennepin Technical College: Leadership for AllPersons," by Sharon Grossbach; (7) "Cultural Diversity Awareness andSensitivity at Kirkwood Community College," by Lois Nanke; (8)"Valuing Diversity: Building a Campus Environment To Recruit andRetain Minority Students and Faculty," by Deborah Newsome; (9) "TheMetropolitan Community Colleges: Interpersonal Networking and WorkingTogether toward Leadership Diversity," by Maureen Kennedy; (10)"Developing a "ulti-Faceted Implementation Approach:Institutionalizing Leadership Diversity throughout MetopolitanCommunity College," by Lynn Smith; (11) "Using MulticulturalCelebrations To Diversify Leadership at Western Iowa Tech," by LarryBolanos; and (12) "On the Threshold of Change: Leadership Diversityat Western Nebraska Community College," by M. Jane Hunter. A 54-itemannotated bibliography on leadership diversity is included. (1,10)
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ific
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chni
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and
it is
in th
e tr
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piri
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colla
bora
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the
thru
st o
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elf,
that
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e id
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red
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mon
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as m
ade
poss
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W.K
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logg
Fou
ndat
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and
the
Am
eric
an A
ssoc
iatio
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Com
mu-
nity
Col
lege
s, a
nd b
y th
e as
sist
ance
of
seve
ral
staf
f m
embe
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nd d
epar
tmen
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t Met
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ks to
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ant p
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y tim
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hav
e re
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rned
to th
at o
rigi
nal d
ocum
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ar-
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how
she
so
conc
isel
y m
appe
d ou
tsu
ch a
com
plex
, fer
tile
proj
ect.
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quot
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aac
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s Si
nger
, "I
belie
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mir
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s in
eve
ry a
rea
of li
fe e
xcep
t wri
t-in
g. E
xper
ienc
e ha
s sh
own
me
that
ther
ear
e no
mir
acle
s in
wri
ting.
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onl
y th
ing
that
pro
duce
s go
od w
ritin
g is
har
d w
ork.
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r m
ore
info
rmat
ion
on th
is m
onog
raph
or
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
act
iviti
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gen
eral
, con
-ta
ct th
e C
lear
ingh
ouse
for
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, Met
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spec
ial r
ecog
nitio
n to
Dr.
J. R
icha
rd G
illila
ndfo
r hi
s su
ppor
t of
the
proj
ect,
to L
ynn
Smith
for
her
coor
dina
tion
of M
etro
-spe
cifi
c ac
tivi-
ties,
and
to th
e of
fice
of
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ic R
elat
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for
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eFr
ont B
urne
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age
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r. J
. Ric
hard
Gill
iland
Col
labo
rativ
e C
hang
e: A
Con
sort
ium
App
roac
h to
Lea
ders
hip
Div
ersi
ty, p
age
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ary-
Mar
gare
t Sim
pson
Impl
emen
ting
Lea
ders
hip
Div
ersi
ty a
tA
ustin
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge, p
age
9D
r. E
xalto
n D
elco
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adin
g th
e In
flue
nce
at a
Mul
ti-C
ampu
s C
olle
ge: L
eade
rshi
p D
iver
sity
at C
entr
al C
omm
unity
Col
lege
, pag
e 11
Vik
ki J
aege
r
A P
resi
dent
's P
ersp
ectiv
e on
Fos
teri
ngD
iver
sity
and
Lea
ders
hip,
pag
e 14
Dr.
Tom
Gon
zale
s
Hen
nepi
n T
echn
ical
Col
lege
:L
eade
rshi
p fo
r A
ll Pe
rson
s, p
age
18Sh
aron
Gro
ssba
ch
Cul
tura
l Div
ersi
ty A
war
enes
san
d Se
nsiti
vity
at K
irkw
ood
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge, p
age
19L
ois
Nan
ke8
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uing
Div
ersi
ty: B
uild
ing
a C
ampu
sE
nvir
onm
elA
to R
ecru
it an
d R
etai
nM
inor
ity S
tude
nts
and
Facu
lty, p
age
21D
r. D
ebor
ah N
ewso
me
The
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ges:
Inte
rper
sona
l Net
wor
king
and
Wor
king
Tog
ethe
r T
owar
d L
eade
rshi
p D
iver
sity
,pa
ge 2
3M
aure
en K
enne
dy
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elop
ing
a M
ulti-
Face
ted
Impl
emen
t-at
ion
App
roac
h: I
nstit
utio
naliz
ing
Lea
ders
hip
Div
ersi
ty th
roug
hout
Met
ro-
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
, pag
e 27
Lyn
n Sm
ith
Usi
ng M
ultic
ultu
ral C
eleb
ratio
ns to
Div
ersi
fy L
eade
rshi
p at
Wes
tern
Iow
aT
ech
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge, p
age
30L
arry
Bol
anos
On
the
Thr
esho
ld o
f C
hang
e:L
eade
rshi
p D
iver
sity
at W
este
rnN
ebra
ska
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge, p
age
32D
r. M
. Jan
e H
unte
r
Sele
cted
Bib
liogr
aphy
on
Lea
ders
hip
Div
ersi
ty, p
age
34
Pho
togr
aphs
incl
uded
thro
ugho
ut th
is m
onog
raph
wer
epr
ovid
ed b
y M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
in O
mah
a an
dre
flect
man
y of
its
dive
rsity
act
iviti
es a
nd e
vent
s.
3
hrig
Oire
irsiO
roi
tth
&gi
oid
arite
tD
r. J
. Ric
hard
Gill
iland
, Pre
side
ntM
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
,O
mah
a, N
ebra
ska
As
the
read
er lo
oks
thro
ugh
the
artic
les
and
repo
rts
from
Bea
con
proj
ect p
artic
ipan
ts, o
neis
str
uck
with
the
inte
rest
ing
vari
ety
and
dif-
fere
nces
in a
ppro
ache
s va
riou
s in
stitu
tions
took
in im
plem
entin
g le
ader
ship
div
ersi
typr
ojec
ts. T
his
is n
ot o
nly
to b
e ex
pect
ed, b
utI
belie
ve it
is a
rea
l val
ue o
f th
e pr
ojec
t its
elf.
Bea
con
Col
lege
par
ticip
ants
lear
ned
a gr
eat
deal
fro
m e
ach
othe
r be
caus
e of
the
vari
ety
ofap
proa
che
s ta
ken
by e
ach
part
icip
atin
g sc
hool
.So
me
of y
ou a
re n
ow s
tart
ing
your
ow
nva
luin
g di
vers
ity p
rogr
ams;
som
e in
stitu
tions
are
mov
ing
wel
l dow
n th
e lin
e in
term
s of
real
ly in
corp
orat
ing
exci
ting
dive
rsity
prog
ram
s w
ithin
thei
r in
stitu
tions
. Whe
reve
ran
y in
stitu
tion
is, I
bel
ieve
the
real
ly im
port
ant
poin
t is
to k
eep
thin
gs m
ovin
g an
d to
kee
pth
ings
goi
ng.
Div
ersi
ty is
cle
arly
no
long
er a
nov
elty
issu
e bu
t has
bec
ome
mai
nstr
eam
. We
all
have
muc
h to
lear
n an
d do
in r
egar
d to
val
u-in
g th
e di
vers
ity o
f ou
r st
uden
ts a
nd e
mpl
oy-
ees
and,
like
wis
e, w
e ha
ve s
o m
uch
we
can
lear
n fr
om e
ach
othe
r as
we
cont
inue
to g
row
.M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
will
0
cont
inue
to p
rovi
de c
omm
unic
atio
n re
sour
ces
to k
eep
the
info
rmat
ion
flow
inta
ct th
at b
egan
unde
r th
e au
spic
es o
fthe
Bea
con
gran
t. O
ther
com
mun
icat
ions
veh
icle
s ex
ist,
such
as
dire
ctco
ntac
ts b
etw
een
part
icip
atin
g in
stitu
tions
,at
tend
ance
at m
eetin
gs th
at h
ave
a fo
cus
ondi
vers
ity, a
nd th
e gr
owin
g am
ount
ofl
itera
ture
avai
labl
e on
man
y su
bjec
ts r
elat
ed to
div
ersi
ty.
The
re is
no
lack
of
emph
asis
or
info
rmat
ion
on th
e su
bjec
t as
ther
e in
deed
was
just
a f
ewye
ars
ago.
Giv
en th
e at
tent
ion
and
focu
s ou
r B
eaco
n
A
Col
lege
inst
itutio
ns h
ave
prov
ided
on
the
vari
-ou
s as
pect
s of
div
ersi
ty d
urin
g th
e 18
-mon
thB
eaco
n C
olle
ge p
roje
ct, w
e ea
ch h
ave
the
oppo
rtun
ity, a
nd e
ven
the
resp
onsi
bilit
y, to
keep
div
ersi
ty a
s a
fron
t bur
ner
issu
e w
ithin
our
inst
itutio
ns, a
t oth
er in
stitu
tions
thro
ugh-
out o
ur s
tate
, and
in o
ur r
egio
n as
a w
hole
.W
e at
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
geva
lue
your
ded
icat
ion
to le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty.
Plea
se c
ontin
ue to
sha
re w
ith u
s yo
ur u
niqu
epe
rspe
ctiv
es, y
our
acco
mpl
ishm
ents
and
you
rid
eas
for
futu
re d
irec
tions
.
IB
ES
T C
OP
Y A
VA
ILA
BLE
t
llezA
hort
zlie
& &
maw
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if,V
itipw
a,4
to Y
eade
,tsho
Mar
y-M
arga
ret S
imps
onPr
ojec
t Dir
ecto
r, B
eaco
n G
rant
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge,
Om
aha,
Neb
rask
a
In A
pril
1991
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ityC
olle
ge in
Om
aha,
Neb
rask
a w
as a
war
ded
an18
-mon
th g
rant
fro
m th
e A
mer
ican
Ass
ocia
-tio
n of
Com
mun
ity a
nd J
unio
r C
olle
ges
(AA
CJC
) th
.oug
h th
e B
eaco
n C
olle
ges
Ini-
tiativ
e. F
unde
d by
the
W.K
. Kel
logg
Fou
nda-
tion,
the
Bea
con
prog
ram
was
des
igne
d to
impl
emen
t spe
cifi
c re
com
men
datio
ns in
ala
ndm
ark
1988
rep
ort i
ssue
d by
the
AA
CJC
Futu
res
Com
mis
sion
, Bui
ldin
g C
omm
uni-
ties:
A V
isio
n fo
r a
New
Cen
tury
.M
etro
's p
roje
ct ta
rget
ed r
ecom
men
datio
nsin
Cha
pter
Sev
en o
f th
e re
port
, whi
ch a
rgue
dfo
r th
e ne
ed to
impr
ove
com
mun
ity c
olle
gego
vern
ance
and
lead
ersh
ip p
ract
ices
and
, spe
-ci
fica
lly, t
o "i
ncre
ase
dive
rsity
am
ong
colle
gele
ader
ship
" (p
. 42)
. Thr
ough
the
gran
t, M
etro
form
ed a
con
sort
ium
of
10 c
omm
unity
col
-le
ges
in th
e ce
ntra
l Uni
ted
Stat
es w
hich
wor
ked
toge
ther
to d
iver
sify
lead
ersh
ip a
t the
irre
spec
tive
inst
itutio
ns. O
ther
impo
rtan
t obj
ec-
tives
wer
e in
clud
ed b
ut it
was
thes
e tw
o th
rust
s
12
-- th
e fo
rmat
ion
of a
con
sort
ium
and
the
atte
mpt
to d
iver
sify
lead
ersh
ip -
- th
aico
nstit
uted
the
mai
n go
als
of th
is s
hort
-ter
men
deav
or.
Whi
le th
ere
wer
e m
any,
sig
nifi
cant
ac-
com
plis
hmen
ts o
f th
e gr
ant,
the
proj
ect a
s a
who
le d
emon
stra
ted
a w
ell-
know
n ad
age:
the
mor
e yo
u le
arn
abou
t a to
pic,
the
mor
e yo
ure
aliz
e yo
u do
n't k
now
. Aft
er a
ll, w
hat d
id"l
eade
rshi
p di
vers
ity"
real
ly m
ean?
Lik
e"s
hare
d go
vern
ance
," th
e ex
pres
sion
was
base
d on
a s
ense
that
eve
ryon
e kn
ew w
hat i
tm
eant
alth
ough
, in
prac
tice,
how
it w
as a
ctu-
ally
inte
rpre
ted
vari
ed in
the
eye
of th
ebe
hold
er. W
e kn
ew o
urs
diff
ered
fro
m o
ther
dive
rsity
eff
orts
und
erw
ay a
cros
s th
e co
untr
ysi
nce
ours
incl
uded
an
impo
rtan
t lea
ders
hip
com
pone
nt. B
ut o
urs
was
n't s
tric
tly a
lead
ersh
ip p
roje
ct e
ither
bec
ause
we
wer
eop
enin
g up
the
prog
ram
to s
o m
any
dive
rse
staf
f an
d st
uden
t gro
ups.
Wha
t was
"le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty"?
Exp
lori
ng C
omm
on D
efin
ition
sH
ere
are
som
e of
the
ques
tions
we
aske
dou
rsel
ves
duri
ng th
e co
urse
of
the
proj
ect i
nor
der
to d
efin
e its
sco
pe m
ore
effe
ctiv
ely:
5
Con
cern
ing
"div
ersi
ty"
1. S
houl
d a
"div
erse
" w
orkf
orc3
and
stu
dent
body
ref
er p
rim
arily
to g
ende
r di
ffer
ence
? Fo
rex
ampl
e, if
Cau
casi
an w
omen
are
wel
l-re
pre-
sent
ed in
adm
inis
trat
ion,
can
an
inst
itutio
n's
lead
ersh
ip te
am b
e co
nsid
ered
div
erse
?
2. O
r, s
houl
d "d
iver
sity
" re
fer
prim
arily
tora
cial
and
eth
nic
diff
eren
ces?
3. I
f so
, doe
s "d
iver
sity
" re
fer
to r
acia
l and
ethn
ic d
iffe
renc
es a
mon
g A
mer
ican
s (N
ativ
eA
mer
ican
s, A
fric
an A
mer
ican
s, A
sian
Am
eri-
cans
, His
pani
c A
mer
ican
s) a
s op
pose
d to
in-
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
and
staf
f? F
or e
xam
ple,
ifan
inst
itutio
n of
fers
in-s
ervi
ces
and
clas
ses
ina
Nor
ther
n E
urop
ean
cultu
re (
as o
ne o
f ou
ras
soci
ate
colle
ges
prop
osed
und
er th
e "l
eade
r-sh
ip d
iver
sity
" um
brel
la),
is th
is tr
uly
dive
rsi-
fyin
g th
e cu
rric
ulum
?
4. D
oes
"div
ersi
ty"
incl
ude
any
sign
ific
ant
grou
p th
at m
ight
be
cons
ider
ed u
nder
-rep
re-
sent
ed: p
erso
ns w
ith s
peci
al n
eeds
, gay
s an
dle
sbia
ns, o
lder
per
sons
?
5. D
oes
"div
ersi
ty"
also
mea
n pe
rson
s w
ithdi
ffer
ent w
ork
styl
es a
nd h
ow f
ar d
oes
one
take
this
?
/ 3
6. D
oes
broa
deni
ng th
e de
fini
tion
of d
iver
-si
ty d
ilute
the
mea
ning
of
effo
rts
to e
limin
ate
disc
rim
inat
ion
and
raci
sm in
our
soc
iety
and
with
in o
ur in
stitu
tions
?
Con
cern
ing
"lea
ders
hip
dive
rsity
"
1. S
houl
d ac
tiviti
es to
div
ersi
fy le
ader
ship
be d
irec
ted
sole
ly a
t adm
inis
trat
ors?
2. W
hat a
bout
thos
e w
ho a
re le
ader
s in
the
clas
sroo
m -
- th
e fa
culty
?
3. I
n an
atm
osph
ere
that
adv
ocat
es s
hare
dgo
vern
ance
, sho
uldn
't ev
ery
empl
oyee
gro
up b
e co
nsid
ered
pote
ntia
l lea
ders
--
clas
sifi
edst
aff,
libr
aria
ns, m
aint
enan
cest
aff? 4. W
hat a
bout
stu
dent
lead
-er
s? S
houl
d ac
tiviti
es in
lead
er-
ship
div
ersi
ty f
oste
r le
ader
ship
skill
s am
ong
futu
re le
ader
s?G
iven
this
app
roac
h, c
ould
n't j
ust
abou
t any
thin
g ta
king
pla
ce in
stud
ent l
ife
be c
onsi
dere
d "l
ead-
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
dev
elop
men
t"?
Wha
t we
fina
lly r
ealiz
ed is
that
, giv
en o
ur s
hort
18-
mon
thtim
e fr
ame,
we
coul
d ill
aff
ord
to d
ebat
e th
enu
ance
s of
thes
e is
sues
and
had
to, i
nste
ad,
begi
n de
fini
ng b
y do
ing.
But
, the
se q
uest
ions
guid
ed th
e pr
ojec
t and
res
urfa
ced
freq
uent
ly.
Evo
lvin
g A
nsw
ers
Eac
h as
soci
ate
colle
ge p
artic
ipat
ing
in th
epr
ojec
t beg
an b
y de
fini
ng le
ader
ship
div
ersi
tyin
its
own
cont
ext.
The
str
engt
h of
the
cons
or-
tium
app
roac
h w
as th
at e
ach
of th
e 10
inst
itu-
tions
bro
ught
a u
niqu
e de
mog
raph
ic p
ictu
re to
the
proj
ect.
Inst
itutio
n "A
" ha
d ou
tsta
ndin
gre
pres
enta
tion
of H
ispa
nics
in it
s ad
min
istr
a-
tion
and
facu
lty, b
ut s
till a
ppro
ache
d th
e ge
n-de
r is
sue
rath
er tr
aditi
onal
ly. I
nstit
utio
n "B
"ha
d al
mos
t a f
ifty
-fif
ty r
epre
sent
atio
n of
men
and
wom
en in
its
facu
lty a
nd a
dmin
istr
ativ
est
aff,
but
nee
ded
to le
arn
muc
h m
ore
from
Inst
itutio
n "A
" ab
out r
ecru
iting
His
pani
c st
aff.
As
a re
sult,
no
one
appr
oach
to d
efin
ing
"gre
ater
div
ersi
ty"
was
app
ropr
iate
.M
ost i
nstit
utio
ns f
ocus
ed o
n ge
nder
, rac
ial
or e
thni
c di
vers
ity a
t the
out
set b
ecau
se w
efe
lt th
at f
ace-
valu
e di
ffer
ence
s w
ould
sen
dth
e gj
eate
st m
essa
ge th
at d
iver
sity
was
val
ued
1 4
at th
e in
stitu
tion.
Thi
s is
a c
lass
ic e
xam
ple
ofho
w o
ne s
et o
f ey
es p
erce
ives
"di
ffer
ence
"w
here
ano
ther
doe
s no
t.H
owev
er, c
once
rn c
ontin
ued
thro
ugho
ut th
epr
ojec
t tha
t ins
titut
ions
foc
us o
n di
vers
ity is
sues
that
wer
e tr
uly
criti
cal.
Sinc
e "d
iffe
renc
e" is
rela
tive,
a c
olle
ge c
ould
arg
ue th
at h
irin
g m
ore
Swed
es o
r of
feri
ng in
-ser
vice
ses
sion
s on
the
cultu
re o
f N
ova
Scot
ia c
onst
itute
d "d
iver
sity
"in
itiat
ives
. Sup
erfi
cial
ly, i
t may
hav
e lo
oked
toso
me
that
a s
essi
on h
ere
and
ther
e w
as n
ot th
em
ost e
ffec
tive
use
of o
ur ti
me.
How
ever
, if
anac
tivity
con
trib
uted
to a
n ov
eral
lun
ders
tand
ing
of d
iffe
renc
e, it
was
usua
llyco
nsid
ered
appr
opri
ate
as a
sta
rtin
g po
int.
As
a gr
oup,
mos
t of
us r
emai
ned
cons
ciou
s of
the
fact
that
we
shou
ld f
ocus
on
dem
ogra
phic
grou
psne
edin
gm
ore
repr
esen
tatio
n na
tiona
lly in
our
inst
itutio
ns, e
ven
if th
at m
eant
look
ing
beyo
nd o
ur in
divi
dual
serv
ice
area
s an
d as
king
our
selv
esho
w w
e co
uld
cont
ribu
te to
the
"big
pic
ture
" of
com
mun
ityat
our
inst
itutio
ns. A
s th
e pr
ojec
t pro
gres
sed,
a fe
w d
elve
d in
to m
ore
com
plex
div
ersi
tyis
sues
that
wou
ld h
ave
a m
ore
subt
le e
ffec
t on
how
our
col
lege
s co
ntin
ued
to a
ppro
ach
ara
nge
of a
ssim
ilatio
n is
sues
.O
ne in
stitu
tion,
at t
he o
utse
t of
the
proj
ect,
felt
that
it d
id n
ot r
eally
ser
ve a
div
erse
popu
latio
n, b
ased
on
the
proj
ect c
oord
inat
or's
defi
nitio
n of
dive
rsity
. Ove
rall
supe
rvis
ion
ofth
e pr
ojec
t cha
nged
aft
er a
few
mon
ths
to a
new
coo
rdin
ator
who
imm
edia
tely
iden
tifie
dan
impo
rtan
t dem
ogra
phic
gro
up -
- N
ativ
eA
mer
ican
s --
who
wer
e no
t wel
l-re
pres
ente
d
6
colle
ges
and
our
role
s.A
s fo
r "l
eade
rshi
p,"
mos
t of
the
asso
ciat
eco
llege
s en
ded
up d
efm
ing
it as
"ad
min
istr
a-tio
n an
d fa
culty
," a
lthou
gh n
ot a
ll. T
wo
inst
itu-
tions
incl
uded
cla
ssif
ied
staf
f in
thei
r le
ader
-sh
ip d
iver
sity
eff
orts
. One
foc
used
alm
ost
excl
usiv
ely
on p
rogr
ams
for
stud
ents
. Thi
sra
nge
in th
e ta
rget
mar
ket f
or th
e pr
ojec
t,st
emm
ing
initi
ally
fro
m o
ur u
nwill
ingn
ess
asth
e B
eaco
n C
olle
ge to
def
ine
a si
ngle
targ
et,
laid
the
gyou
ndw
ork
for
a ra
ther
unu
sual
fin
ding
.
Div
ersi
ty a
s a
Proc
ess
A f
ew o
f th
e in
stitu
tions
par
ticip
atin
g in
our
5
cons
ortiu
m w
ere,
at t
he o
utse
t, re
ady
to la
unch
ambi
tious
div
ersi
ty p
rogr
ams -
- co
ncre
te, s
tep-
by-s
tep
appr
oach
es th
at w
ould
hav
e a
maj
orim
pact
on
staf
fhir
ing
and
prom
otio
n pr
actic
es.
Oth
ers
star
ted
with
foo
d fa
irs
and
educ
atio
nal
disp
lays
for
stu
dent
s--
"m
ultic
ultu
ral
cele
brat
ions
" as
they
are
fre
quen
tly c
alle
d.M
ost o
f th
e pa
rtic
ipat
ing
colle
ges
did
a lit
tleof
bot
h du
ring
the
proj
ect.
Bec
ause
of
the
diff
eren
t app
roac
hes,
we,
the
Bea
con
Col
lege
, occ
asio
nally
hea
rdco
ncer
ns f
rom
an
asso
ciat
e co
llege
that
som
eac
tiviti
es w
ere
not r
eally
app
ropr
iate
. The
feel
ing
was
, am
ong
som
e, th
at c
eleb
ratio
nsw
ere
not g
oing
to a
ffec
t rea
l cha
nge.
Roo
seve
ltT
hom
as in
Bey
ond
Rac
e an
d C
-nde
r ar
gues
that
the
long
-ran
ge im
pact
or
mul
ticul
tura
lce
lebr
atio
ns is
min
imal
...if
that
is a
ll on
edo
es. H
owev
er, T
hom
as' s
tudi
es d
eal w
ith a
corp
orat
e en
viro
nmen
t whe
reas
our
cons
ortiu
m o
pera
ted
in a
n ac
adem
ic m
ilieu
,w
heth
er v
ocat
iona
l/tec
hnic
al o
r ac
adem
ictr
ansf
er. O
ur p
roj e
ct s
ugge
sted
that
ther
e m
aybe
, ind
eed,
an
impo
rtan
t rol
e pl
ayed
by
thes
ece
lebr
atio
ns in
layi
ng a
phi
loso
phic
alfo
unda
tion
for
pote
ntia
lly m
ore
cont
rove
rsia
ldi
vers
ity in
itiat
ives
.C
ase
in p
oint
: one
of
our
inst
itutio
nsat
tem
pted
to im
plem
ent a
maj
or d
iver
sity
prog
ram
and
, in
the
proc
ess,
con
duct
edex
tens
ive
surv
eys
of s
taff
to a
sses
s de
ep-
seat
ed f
eelin
gs a
bout
the
inst
itutio
n an
d di
ver-
sity
. Suc
h a
com
plex
pic
ture
em
erge
d th
atdi
vers
ity e
ffor
ts w
ere
side
trac
ked.
Oth
erin
stitu
tions
who
took
it o
ne s
tep
at a
tim
e,pe
rhap
s pa
inst
akin
gly
so, s
eem
ed to
fai
r be
tter
in th
e lo
ng r
un. M
oreo
ver,
one
mig
ht s
uspe
ctth
at s
ince
the
acad
emic
mili
eu is
bas
ed o
ndi
alog
ue, r
athe
r th
an m
anag
eria
l edi
cts,
1 6
pres
entin
g a
new
pro
gram
in th
e te
achi
ng-
lear
ning
mod
el w
orks
bes
t.T
hom
as d
oes
emph
asiz
e th
at d
iver
sity
isno
t a p
rogr
am p
er s
e, b
ut a
pro
cess
, one
that
chan
ges
and
shif
ts o
ver
time
in o
rder
toac
com
mod
ate
new
gro
ups
and
dem
ands
. Our
proj
ect s
uppo
rted
this
mod
el. I
n fa
ct, o
n th
e
abz
prge
el s
ayw
sfrA
lM
al M
e-z.
em
ay h
o,in
deed
, ait
biz/
port
a/it
wle
play
ed h
y lh
eA&
eele
hzal
iom
inta
giR
gph
ileso
phic
alfo
und/
alio
& f
ezpo
leat
ially
mor
eco
itlw
vers
ial d
ieez
si
last
day
of
the
gran
t --
Nov
embe
r 30
, 199
2 -
- w
e, th
e B
eaco
n C
olle
ge, f
elt a
s th
ough
the
proj
ect w
ould
take
a v
ery
diff
eren
t dir
ectio
nha
d it
been
rea
dy to
sta
rt r
athe
r th
an c
oncl
ude.
Tha
t is
one
of th
e be
st te
stam
ents
to th
eco
nsor
tium
app
roac
l_. e
le d
id n
ot f
ully
ant
ici-
pate
at t
he b
egin
ning
whe
re w
e w
ould
"en
d"du
e to
the
flui
d na
ture
of
our
colla
bora
tion.
7
Acc
ompl
ishm
ents
of
the
Cle
arin
ghou
seT
he p
rim
ary
goal
s of
the
gran
t, w
ith g
ener
alac
com
plis
hmen
ts, w
ere
as f
ollo
ws:
1. T
o es
tabl
ish
at M
etro
a C
lear
ingh
ouse
for
Exe
mpl
ary
Prac
tices
in L
eade
rshi
p D
iver
sity
.M
etro
est
ablis
hed
the
Cle
arin
ghou
se s
oon
afte
r th
e B
eaco
n gr
ant w
as a
war
ded
and,
thro
ugh
its a
uspi
ces,
wro
te a
nd d
istr
ibut
ed s
ixis
sues
of
a na
tiona
l new
s1,3
tter,
ann
otat
ed b
ib-
liogr
aphi
es a
nd o
ther
res
ourc
e m
ater
ials
toin
stitu
tions
thro
ugho
ut th
e co
untr
y. T
opic
sin
clud
ed a
ffir
mat
ive
actio
n, le
ader
ship
, man
-ag
emen
t, hi
stor
y of
min
ority
gro
ups,
and
mul
ticul
tura
l cur
ricu
lum
and
teac
hing
issu
es.
The
Cle
arin
ghou
se a
lso
cond
ucte
d a
pre-
atti-
tude
and
pos
t-at
titud
e su
rvey
of
each
par
tici-
patin
g in
stitu
tion
on s
taff
atti
tude
s to
war
d di
-ve
rsity
. Thi
s su
rvey
inst
rum
ent i
s av
aila
ble
toot
her
inst
itutio
ns in
tere
sted
in a
sses
sing
inst
i-tu
tiona
l clim
ate.
2. T
o pr
ovid
e th
roug
h th
e C
lear
ingh
ouse
syst
ems
of s
uppo
rt, a
net
wor
k fo
r ex
chan
ge,
expe
rim
enta
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
n to
the
asso
ciat
e co
llege
s.T
he C
lear
ingh
ouse
spo
nsor
ed tw
o in
-per
son
mee
tings
, con
duct
ed a
90-
min
ute
"aud
ioco
nfer
ence
" w
ith th
e pa
rtic
ipat
ing
colle
ges
and
othe
r se
lect
ed s
taff
, and
pro
vide
d re
sour
cem
ater
ials
to o
ther
inst
itutio
ns th
roug
hout
the
coun
try.
3. T
o in
itiat
e or
exp
and
at e
ach
colle
gepl
anne
d pr
ogra
ms
to a
ccom
mod
ate
lead
ersh
ipdi
vers
ity ta
ilore
d to
mee
t the
nee
ds o
f ea
chin
divi
dual
col
lege
with
in th
e co
nsor
tium
.E
ach
asso
ciat
e co
llege
dev
elop
ed d
etai
led
actio
n pl
ans
whi
ch in
clud
ed s
peci
fic
prog
ram
san
d ac
tiviti
es.
4. T
o de
sign
imov
ativ
e st
aff
deve
lopm
ent
t7
prog
ram
s/ac
tiviti
es a
t eac
h co
llege
enc
our-
agin
g th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
lead
ersh
ip p
oten
-tia
l am
ong
all s
taff
whi
le c
reat
ing
a cu
lture
acco
mm
odat
ing
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
on
each
of th
e ca
mpu
ses.
Staf
f de
velo
pmen
t pro
babl
y re
pres
ente
dth
e si
ngle
mos
t com
mon
app
roac
h of
the
Bea
con
effo
rt th
roug
hout
all
the
part
icip
atin
gin
stitu
tions
, with
eac
h as
soci
ate
colle
geof
feri
ng d
iver
sity
ses
sion
s an
d th
e B
eaco
nC
olle
ge p
rese
ntin
g a
"mod
el"
sess
ion
on th
eto
pic
at th
e be
ginn
ing
of th
e gr
ant.
5. T
o de
sign
per
sonn
el p
ract
ices
at e
ach
colle
ge to
enh
ance
the
recr
uitm
ent a
nd r
eten
-tio
n of
wom
en, p
erso
ns o
f co
lor,
imm
igra
nts,
the
phys
ical
ly c
halle
nged
and
indi
vidu
als
oftr
aditi
onal
ly u
nder
-rep
rese
nted
gro
ups
in le
ad-
ersh
ip p
ositi
ons.
Whi
le a
mor
e ch
alle
ngin
g go
al, a
few
of
the
asso
ciat
e co
llege
s in
volv
ed th
eir
hum
anre
sour
ces
offi
cer
in th
e pr
ojec
t and
atte
mpt
edto
mod
ify
rec-
ntm
ent a
nd h
irin
g pr
actic
es. A
mod
el a
ffir
mat
ive
actio
n pr
ogra
m a
nd "
extr
aef
fort
" gu
idel
ines
at t
he B
eaco
n C
olle
ge w
ere
repl
icat
ed b
y tw
o of
the
asso
ciat
e co
llege
s.
6. T
o pr
ovid
e fa
culty
/cou
nsel
ing
in-s
ervi
ceus
ing
curr
icul
um c
ompo
nent
s an
d cl
assr
oom
tech
niqu
es th
at f
oste
r m
ultic
ultu
ral s
ensi
ti-vi
ty a
nd e
ncou
rage
the
deve
lopm
ent o
fle
ader
ship
with
in th
e cl
assr
oom
and
on
the
colle
ge's
cam
puse
s.A
ll of
the
asso
ciat
e co
llege
s sp
onso
red
in-
serv
ice
prog
ram
s fo
r fa
culty
and
sta
ff o
nm
ultic
ultu
ralis
m. O
ne o
f th
e as
soci
ate
col-
lege
s de
velo
ped
a m
odel
div
ersi
ty m
ini-
gran
tpr
ogra
m. S
ever
al c
olle
ges
deve
lope
d ac
ross
-th
e-cu
rric
ulum
gui
des
in r
nulti
cultu
ralis
m.
7. T
o pr
ovid
e w
ides
prea
d di
ssem
inat
ion
of1
8
proj
ect a
ctiv
ities
and
out
com
es b
eyon
d th
eco
nsor
tium
to s
tate
wid
e, r
egio
nal a
nd n
atio
nal
audi
ence
s th
roug
h va
riou
s m
echa
nism
sin
clud
ing
an e
nd-o
f-pr
ojec
t tel
econ
fere
nce.
The
Cle
arin
ghou
se c
oord
inat
ed a
pre
sen-
tatio
n at
the
1992
AA
CJC
Con
vent
ion
abou
tth
e pr
ojec
t and
pub
liciz
ed g
rant
act
iviti
es in
seve
ral r
egio
nal m
edia
out
lets
as
wel
l as
inth
e na
tiona
l Bea
con
new
slet
ter.
A li
ve,
.na
tiona
l tel
econ
fere
nce
on le
ader
ship
dive
rsity
con
clud
ed th
e pr
ojec
t on
Nov
embe
r20
, 199
2, in
whi
ch a
ll th
e as
soci
ate
colle
ges
wer
e fe
atur
ed. T
he c
' mer
ston
eof
the
tele
conf
eren
ce w
as a
pan
el p
rese
ntat
ion
whi
chdi
scus
sed
the
defi
nitio
n, im
plem
enta
tion
and
eval
uatio
n of
var
ious
div
ersi
ty in
itiat
ives
.Pa
nelis
ts w
ere
Dr.
Vap
orde
al S
ande
rs,
pres
iden
t of
Sand
ers
and
Ass
ocia
tes
inPl
ymou
th, M
inne
sota
; Dr.
J. R
icha
rdG
illila
nd, p
resi
dent
, Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ityC
olle
ge in
Om
aha;
and
Ms.
Liz
Doh
erty
,tr
aini
ng d
irec
tor,
Fir
st N
atio
nal B
ank
ofO
mah
a. T
he a
udie
nce
incl
uded
sta
ff a
ndst
uden
ts a
t 39
com
mun
ity c
olle
ges
and
publ
ican
d pr
ivat
e fo
ur-y
ear
inst
itutio
ns a
cros
s th
eco
untr
y. D
urin
g th
e pr
ogra
m th
e th
ree
pane
lists
fie
lded
mor
e th
an 3
0 qu
estio
ns,
mos
t of
thes
e on
impl
emen
tatio
n an
das
sess
men
t iss
ues,
whi
ch w
ere
tele
phon
ed o
rfa
xed
from
thro
ugho
ut th
e co
untr
y.
Futu
re D
irec
tions
The
Bea
con
proj
ect f
or u
s at
the
Bea
con
Col
lege
was
a p
roce
ss o
f de
fini
ng a
nd c
lari
-fy
ing
a co
mpl
ex to
pic
rath
er th
an c
heck
ing
off
obje
ctiv
es o
r sp
ecif
ic m
ilest
ones
on
afi
nite
list
. Pro
of o
f th
is e
volv
ing
natu
re w
asth
e te
leco
nfer
ence
itse
lf, w
hich
fea
ture
d ou
ras
soci
ate
colle
ge c
oord
inat
ors
still
str
uggl
ing,
afte
r 12
mon
ths,
to a
rtic
ulat
e a
conc
ise
defi
-
nitio
n of
"le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty."
And
, all
1 0
defi
nitio
ns w
ere
diff
eren
t.A
s w
e at
the
Bea
con
Col
lege
look
ahe
ad, w
eca
n no
w p
inpo
int s
ever
al h
oped
-for
new
dire
c-tio
ns. W
e ho
pe to
impl
emen
t spe
cifi
c tr
aini
ngre
quir
emen
ts in
val
uing
div
ersi
ty f
or s
taff
who
sit o
n sc
reen
ing
com
mitt
ees.
We
hope
to m
ake
stro
nger
inte
rnal
con
nect
ions
bet
wee
n st
aff
deve
lopm
ent p
rogr
ams,
the
idea
ls o
f ou
rm
ultic
ultu
ral c
urri
culu
m a
nd a
ctua
l hir
ing
prac
-tic
es. W
e al
so h
ope
to s
tudy
mor
e de
ep-s
eate
dpr
essu
res
at o
ur in
stitu
tion
that
may
be
forc
ing
peop
le to
ass
imila
te o
r en
cour
age
man
ager
s to
hire
clo
nes
of th
emse
lves
in th
e hi
ring
pro
cess
.T
he la
tter
is o
ne o
f th
ose
hard
-to-
face
pro
b-le
ms
that
can
pen
etra
te o
ne's
inst
itutv
.,ial
cor
ean
d de
flat
e its
vita
lity.
If w
e le
arne
d an
ythi
ng, i
t is
that
we
can
all
wor
k at
the
sam
e "t
able
," s
o to
spe
ak, w
heth
erw
e fo
rmal
ly a
gree
on
appr
oach
es o
r de
sire
dou
tcom
es. S
ittin
g do
wn
at th
e ta
ble
toge
ther
isw
hat c
ount
s.
19
oten
zeitt
ing
Yea
tir.z
ship
Oir
&zs
iOv
at c
>itt
stat
ant
heet
atiO
'D
r. E
xalto
n D
elco
, Vic
e-Pr
esid
ent o
fA
cade
mic
Aff
airs
and
Bea
con
Ass
ocia
teC
olle
ge P
roje
ct C
oord
inat
orA
ustin
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge, A
ustin
, Tex
as
Aus
tin C
omm
unity
Col
lege
(A
CC
) w
asea
ger
to e
ngag
e in
act
iviti
es w
hich
fos
tere
dth
e de
velo
pmen
t of
appr
ecia
tion
of o
urm
ultic
ultu
ral c
omm
unity
and
pro
mot
ed th
edi
gnity
, equ
ality
and
val
ue o
f ev
ery
pers
on.
The
Bea
con
Col
lege
Pro
ject
aff
orde
d an
oppo
rtun
ity to
the
Col
lege
to e
nric
h ou
rca
mpu
ses
with
act
iviti
es c
eleb
ratin
g di
vers
ity.
The
Col
lege
org
aniz
ed a
Bea
con
Col
lege
Proj
ect T
ask
Forc
e an
d ad
opte
d th
e sp
irit
ofth
e C
olle
ge m
issi
on r
egar
ding
equ
ality
and
valu
e of
per
sons
in o
ur p
lann
ing
delib
era-
tions
. Fro
m o
ur T
ask
Forc
e m
eetin
gs e
mer
ged
the
conc
ept t
hat c
reat
ing
an e
nvir
onm
ent f
orth
e de
liver
y of
con
cern
s fo
r di
vers
ity w
asim
port
ant.
Wor
ksho
ps w
ere
sche
dule
d to
initi
ate
cam
pus
awar
enes
s of
cel
ebra
ting
indi
vidu
al d
iffe
renc
es a
t the
cam
puse
s. I
deas
germ
inat
ed f
rom
thes
e se
ssio
ns in
clud
edex
hibi
ting
flag
s of
the
coun
trie
s re
pres
entin
gth
e ho
me
coun
trie
s of
our
inte
rnat
iona
lst
uden
ts; t
he c
olla
tion
of a
pub
licat
ion
listin
g
20
all t
he s
tude
nt s
uppo
rt p
rogr
ams
to a
ssis
ten
rolle
es; p
rodu
cing
an
inst
rum
ent a
nd s
urve
yto
asc
erta
in th
e pr
evai
ling
attit
udes
of
the
cam
puse
s to
war
d di
vers
ity; d
evel
opin
g an
ddi
ssem
inat
ing
of a
sel
ecte
d bi
blio
grap
hy o
nle
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty; a
nd th
e ex
pand
ing
the
"Pro
ject
Pro
mis
e" p
rogr
am to
mor
e ca
m-
puse
s."P
roje
ct P
rom
ise"
is a
pro
gram
desi
gned
for
men
tori
ng a
nd e
nsur
ing
stud
ent
exce
llenc
e.C
once
pts
ofth
e B
eaco
n C
olle
ge T
ask
Forc
eha
ve b
een
impl
emen
ted.
The
fla
gs a
re b
eing
inst
alle
d in
the
vest
ibul
e of
our
new
est
build
ing.
A p
ublic
atio
n en
title
d B
uild
ing
aC
omm
unity
of
Div
erse
Lea
ders
hip
was
deve
lope
d. T
he "
Proj
ect P
rom
ise"
pro
gram
is n
ow o
pera
ting
on tw
o ad
ditio
nal c
ampu
ses.
Aus
tin C
omm
unity
Col
lege
has
enj
oyed
the
lead
ersh
ip o
f M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
with
a f
ocus
on
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
.T
he C
olle
ge w
ill c
ontin
ue to
hon
or it
s m
is-
sion
and
ther
eby
valu
e di
vers
ity c
once
rns
inits
ope
ratio
ns.
Edi
tor
's N
ote:
As
part
of
its B
eaco
n pr
ojec
t,A
ustin
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge p
ublis
hed
an18
-pag
e pu
blic
atio
n ca
lled
Bui
ldin
g a
Com
mun
ity o
f D
iver
se L
eade
rshi
p at
9
Aus
tin C
omm
unity
Col
lege
. Inc
lude
d w
ere
desc
ript
ions
of
29 p
roje
cts
and
activ
ities
whi
chad
dres
s pl
ural
ism
, mul
ticul
tura
lism
and
dive
rsity
at A
ustin
, alo
ng w
ith th
e na
me
and
phon
e nu
mbe
r of
the
cam
pus
cont
act p
erso
nfo
r ea
ch p
roje
ct. W
hat f
ollo
ws
in th
e en
suin
gpo
rtio
ns o
f th
is a
rtic
le a
re e
xcer
pts
from
the
narr
ativ
e po
rtio
ns o
f th
at p
ublic
atio
n. C
opie
sof
the
com
plet
e m
anua
l may
be
obta
ined
by
cont
actin
g D
r. D
elco
at A
ustin
Com
mun
ityC
olle
ge, 5
930
Mid
dle
Fisk
ville
Roa
d, A
ustin
,T
X 7
8752
(51
2) 4
83-7
610.
From
Bui
ldin
g a
Com
mun
ity o
f D
iver
seL
eade
rshi
pA
ustin
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge is
com
mitt
ed to
prov
idM
g a
cam
pus
cultu
re w
hich
fos
ters
age
nuin
e ap
prec
iatio
n of
our
mul
ticul
tura
l com
-m
unity
and
pro
mot
es a
bel
ief
in th
e di
gnity
,eq
ualit
y an
d va
lue
of e
very
per
son.
Thi
s co
n-ce
pt is
so
impo
rtan
t and
per
vasi
ve, i
t has
bec
ome
part
of
our
mis
sion
.C
entr
al T
exas
is e
mer
ging
dem
ogra
phic
ally
with
His
pani
c an
d A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
pop
ula-
tions
incr
easi
ng r
apid
ly. A
CC
cel
ebra
tes
the
chal
leng
e to
pro
vide
an
envi
ronm
ent t
o ed
u-ca
te th
e co
mm
unity
con
stitu
ents
for
lead
ersh
ipro
les.
21
Var
ious
Col
lege
pro
ject
s ha
ve e
volv
ed to
stre
ngth
en a
nd e
ncou
rage
the
lead
ersh
ip ta
l-en
ts a
nd c
apab
ilitie
s of
wom
en, p
erso
ns o
fco
lor,
and
ofd
iver
se c
ultu
res.
One
suc
h pr
ojec
tw
hich
has
ser
ved
as a
n en
gine
to p
ower
our
effo
rts
is c
ouch
ed in
our
mem
bers
hip
as a
nas
soci
ate
colle
ge in
the
Bea
con
Col
lege
proj
ect
.T
he p
ublic
atio
n, B
uild
ing
a C
omm
uniV
of D
iver
se L
eade
rshi
p, w
as d
evel
oped
topr
ovid
e a
listin
g of
pro
ject
s an
d ac
tiviti
esw
hich
add
ress
mul
ticul
tura
lism
at t
he C
ol-
lege
and
giv
e a
flav
or o
f th
e at
titud
es o
f A
CC
pers
onne
l tow
ard
dive
rsity
. A s
elec
ted
bibl
i-og
raph
y on
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
is a
lso
in-
clud
ed. T
his
is a
n at
tem
pt b
y A
CC
to e
stab
-lis
h a
part
ners
hip
betw
een
cam
pus
proj
ects
and
stud
ent a
nd c
omm
unity
nee
ds.
Atti
tude
s an
d V
dues
Whi
ch F
oste
rPl
ural
ism
at t
he C
olle
geC
olle
ge p
erso
nnel
, inc
ludi
ng a
dmin
istr
a-to
rs, p
rofe
ssio
nal-
tech
nica
l div
isio
n ch
airs
and
depa
rtm
ent h
eads
, wer
e su
rvey
ed f
ol-
low
ing
a B
eaco
n C
olle
ge w
orks
hop.
The
wor
ksho
p, c
onve
ned
in S
epte
mbe
r 19
91, w
asen
title
d, "
Cel
ebra
ting
Div
ersi
ty: A
Wor
k-sh
op f
or G
ettin
g It
Tog
ethe
r."
The
one
que
s-tio
n on
the
surv
ey w
as, "
Wha
t bel
iefs
, atti
-tu
des
and
valu
es u
nder
lie th
e be
havi
ors
you
prac
tice
whi
ch f
oste
r di
vers
ity/p
lura
lism
at
the
Col
lege
? A
bri
ef r
evie
w o
f th
e re
spon
ses
addr
esse
s th
e "f
lavo
r" o
f th
e C
olle
ge e
nvi-
ronm
ent w
ith r
egar
d to
div
ersi
ty o
r pl
ural
ism
on c
ampu
s. T
he b
rief
com
men
ts w
ere:
All
indi
vidu
als
dese
rve
a ch
ance
--
posi
tive
cont
act.
Eve
ry p
erso
n is
a w
orth
y in
divi
dual
,de
serv
es e
qual
acc
ess
and
has
uniq
ue q
ualit
ies
from
whi
ch th
e C
olle
ge c
an d
eriv
e be
nefi
t.D
evel
op a
mili
eu th
at f
oste
rs d
iver
sity
.Po
sitiv
e pe
ople
with
hea
lthy
self
-com
sept
sar
e m
ore
open
to th
e di
ffer
ence
s of
apl
ural
-
istic
soc
iety
.Pr
omot
e in
tegr
ity f
or e
very
indi
vidu
al a
tth
e C
olle
ge. C
reat
e an
env
iron
men
t tha
t wel
-co
mes
stu
dent
s to
the
"cen
ter"
and
not
the
"per
iphe
ry"
of th
e ed
ucat
iona
l ins
titut
ion.
Edu
catio
nal i
nstit
utio
ns r
einf
orce
the
valu
es
c)/1
4saf
taw
unao
rdat
ieg&
.pr
omot
e's
a be
lief
the
and
vala
& o
f eve
rype
rson
and
mor
es o
f th
e so
ciet
y.A
col
lege
is a
set
ting
who
se p
urpo
se is
topr
otec
t the
fre
edom
to e
xpre
ss id
eas,
esp
e-ci
ally
thos
e di
ffer
ent f
rom
our
ow
n.W
e le
arn
from
wha
t is
new
and
dif
fere
nt,
not f
rom
wha
t is
the
sam
e. W
e m
ust r
ecog
-ni
ze th
at w
e al
l add
equ
ally
to d
iver
sity
.D
iver
sity
is p
rese
nt in
an
infi
nite
num
ber
offo
rms,
mos
t of
whi
ch a
re in
visi
ble.
If I
exp
ect o
ther
s to
und
erst
and
me,
I h
ave
to m
ake
the
effo
rt to
try
to u
nder
stan
d th
em.
Aff
irm
ativ
e ac
tion
mus
t be
both
aff
irm
a-tiv
e an
d ac
tion.
Con
cret
e ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rac-
tices
mus
t be
impl
emen
ted
to a
chie
ve th
eob
ject
ives
of
affi
rmat
ive
actio
n.E
ach
indi
vidu
al s
houl
d ha
ve th
e op
port
u-ni
ty to
ach
ieve
thei
r go
als.
Est
ablis
h a
/0
supp
ortiv
e en
viro
nmen
t so
that
mor
e di
vers
ein
divi
dual
s w
ill b
eab
lit,
to s
ucce
edac
adem
ical
ly. E
ach
ofus
are
rol
e m
odel
s. I
f w
edi
spla
y an
atti
tude
of
acce
ptan
ce o
f di
ffer
ence
san
d, if
we
trul
y va
lue
and
embr
ace
thes
edi
ffer
ence
s, o
ther
s ar
e m
ore
likel
y to
do
so.
Lif
e is
mor
e in
tere
stin
g w
hen
we
have
var
iety
.A
ll st
uden
ts a
nd s
taff
to w
ork
up to
thei
r tr
uepo
tent
ial.
Our
Col
lege
cur
ricu
la a
nd f
acul
ty s
houl
dre
flec
t the
div
ersi
ty o
f ou
r na
tion.
All
stud
ents
mus
t rea
lize
that
they
are
citi
zens
of
a ra
ther
smal
l pla
net a
nd th
at th
eir
futu
re jo
bs w
illre
quir
e gr
eate
r fa
mili
arity
with
oth
er c
ultu
res
and
lang
uage
s. C
ultu
ral d
iver
sity
sho
uld
bese
en a
s an
opp
ortu
nity
, not
a th
reat
or
burd
en.
Con
scio
usly
wor
k to
pro
vide
lear
ning
in a
atm
osph
ere
of a
ccep
tabi
lity.
I te
ach
Ger
man
cultu
ral t
opic
s in
my
fore
ign
lang
uage
cla
sses
and
poin
t out
that
the
notio
n of
"ra
cial
pur
ity"
is a
dan
gero
us v
iew
poin
t. W
e di
scus
s th
e co
n-ce
pt o
f "p
lura
lism
" an
d its
impl
icat
ions
.D
iffe
rent
peo
ple
lear
n at
a d
iffe
rent
rat
e, b
ydi
ffer
ent m
etho
ds, a
nd a
ppro
ach
diff
eren
t sub
-je
ct a
reas
with
dif
fere
nt in
tere
sts
and
back
-gr
ound
s.It
is th
e m
issi
on o
f ev
ery
inst
itutio
n of
high
erle
arni
ng to
fos
ter
grow
th a
nd b
road
en h
ori-
zons
. Muc
h of
this
gro
wth
take
s pl
ace
outs
ide
the
clas
sroo
m a
s a
func
tion
of h
uman
inte
rac-
tion.
Bas
ed u
pon
this
, a d
iver
se e
nvir
onm
ent
prov
ides
the
optim
um e
duca
tiona
l set
ting
for
wel
l-ro
unde
d hu
man
gro
wth
.T
his
appe
ars
to b
e so
cio/
polit
ical
mov
emen
ton
e th
at r
edef
ines
wor
ds in
to v
eile
d po
litic
alve
men
ts. I
am
not
rea
l com
fort
able
with
the
ctuf
ent i
mpl
icat
ions
of
the
wor
ds "
dive
rsity
"an
d "p
lura
lism
." I
do
not h
old
to "
polit
ical
corr
ectn
ess"
and
this
sm
acks
of
it!
23
467e
attin
9th
e tif
tilae
neea
aC
litat
ti--e
ampa
s al
legr
eY
eade
tsldp
Olv
ets4
,at
ani
zat a
ff.../
at/4
v,V
ikki
Jae
ger,
Dir
ecto
r, G
rant
s an
d Sp
ecia
lPr
ojec
ts a
nd B
eaco
n A
ssoc
iate
Col
lege
Proj
ect C
oord
inat
orC
entr
al C
omm
unity
Col
lege
,G
rand
Isl
and,
Neb
rask
a
The
Div
ersi
ty T
ask
Forc
e at
Cen
tral
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge w
as c
reat
ed in
199
1 as
part
of
an a
ssoc
iatio
n w
ith M
etro
polit
anC
omm
unity
Col
lege
's B
eaco
n pr
ojec
t in
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
. Cen
tral
Com
mun
ityC
olle
ge's
und
erst
andi
ng w
as th
at th
e pu
rpos
eof
the
Bea
con
proj
ect w
as to
rec
ogni
ze a
ndva
lue
diff
eren
t sty
les
and
sour
ces
of le
ader
-sh
ip, b
uild
aw
aren
ess
of th
e va
lue
of v
arie
ty,
and
mov
e to
a g
reat
er a
ppre
ciat
ion
of th
eco
ntri
butio
ns w
hich
fac
ulty
, sta
ff a
nd s
tude
nts
mak
e to
the
inst
itutio
n an
d th
e co
mm
unity
.T
he C
olle
ge b
egan
its
dive
rsity
act
iviti
esin
Jun
e 19
91 w
ith a
day
-lon
g w
orks
hop
ondi
vers
ity is
sues
in th
e w
orkp
lace
. The
key
-no
te s
peak
er w
as M
icha
el L
osey
, pre
side
ntan
d C
EO
oft
he S
ocie
ty f
or H
uman
Res
ourc
esM
anag
emen
t, A
lexa
ndri
a, V
irgi
nia.
Mor
eth
an 5
0 fa
culty
and
sta
ffm
embe
rspa
rtic
ipat
ed
24
in w
orl
d ac
tiviti
es w
hich
incl
uded
build
ing
awar
enes
s of
the
curr
ent a
nd f
utur
edi
vers
ity in
the
wor
kpla
ce a
nd d
evel
opin
gob
ject
ives
for
the
Col
lege
to m
eet t
hech
alle
nges
of
trai
ning
a d
iver
se w
orkf
orce
.A
t the
con
clus
ion
of th
e w
orks
hop,
the
part
icip
ants
em
phas
ized
the
follo
win
g ar
eas
for
Cen
tral
to f
ocus
on
in it
s di
vers
ity a
ctiv
ities
:1.
Bui
ldin
g aw
aren
ess
of s
elf-
bias
2. A
sses
sing
cur
rent
sta
ff s
ervi
ces
rela
ted
to d
iver
sity
3. A
sses
sing
cur
rent
stu
dent
inst
ruct
ion
and
serv
ices
rel
ated
to d
iver
sity
4. M
otiv
atin
g fa
culty
, sta
ff a
nd s
tude
nts
tode
velo
p an
d im
plem
ent a
ctiv
ities
rel
ated
todi
vers
ity
5. B
uild
ing
vide
o an
d pr
int r
esou
rces
on
dive
rsity
issu
es
6. I
dent
ifyi
ng b
udge
t sou
rces
for
div
ersi
tyac
tiviti
es, C
olle
ge-w
ide
and
on e
ach
cam
pus.
Cen
tral
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge r
ecog
nize
sth
at m
easu
rem
ent o
f ou
tcom
es in
thes
e ar
eas
will
req
uire
mor
e th
an a
n 18
-mon
th g
rant
I/
peri
od to
com
plet
e. A
long
-ter
m c
omm
itmen
tto
val
uing
div
ersi
ty w
ill p
rovi
de th
e be
stop
port
unity
for
pos
itive
out
com
es.
Exp
andi
ng o
n C
ore
Issu
esT
he c
ore
issu
es w
hich
wer
e ap
pare
nt a
t the
com
men
cem
ent o
f th
e pr
ojec
t wer
e no
t the
only
are
as o
f ac
tivity
for
Cen
tral
. Pro
gres
s w
asm
ade
in o
ther
are
as o
f di
vers
ity w
hich
wer
e no
tap
pare
nt a
t the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e pr
ojec
t, su
chas
bri
ngin
g an
aw
aren
ess
of th
e de
gree
of
dive
rsity
whi
ch e
xist
s in
an
othe
rwis
e ho
mo-
gene
ous
regi
on. T
his
awar
enes
s co
ntin
ues
tobr
oade
n an
d cl
arif
y th
e de
fini
tion
of d
iver
sity
for
Cen
tro.
:_
ff a
nd s
tude
nts.
25
Invo
lvem
ent i
n th
e B
eaco
n gr
ant a
s an
asso
ciat
e co
llege
was
an
expe
rien
ce in
sha
r-in
g kn
owle
dge,
res
ourc
e m
ater
ials
and
exp
e-ri
ence
s. I
t allo
wed
opp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r re
pre-
sent
ativ
es f
rom
eac
h of
the
10 c
olle
ges
tosh
are
info
rmat
ion
and
idea
s w
hich
cut
acr
oss
disc
iplin
es, d
ivis
ions
and
geo
grap
hy. I
t als
opr
ovid
ed c
ontin
uity
and
det
erm
inat
ion
amon
gth
e th
ree
cam
puse
s of
Cen
tral
.So
me
of th
e ac
tiviti
es w
hich
took
pla
cedu
ring
the
Bea
con
proj
ect p
erio
d in
clud
edth
e fo
ltow
ing:
A W
u:q
1ace
Div
ersi
ty W
orks
hop
was
hel
don
the
Gra
nd I
slan
d C
ampu
s. G
uest
spe
aker
sw
ere
Mic
hael
Los
ey, p
resi
dent
, Soc
iety
for
Hum
an R
esou
rce
Man
agem
ent,
Ale
xand
ria,
Vir
gini
a, a
nd D
r. B
ill P
odra
za, c
ity m
anag
erof
Lex
ingt
on, N
ebra
ska.
The
Res
ourc
e co
mm
ittee
beg
an c
ompi
ling
a se
lect
ed b
iblio
grap
hy o
n di
vers
ity h
oldi
ngs
with
in C
entr
al C
omm
unity
Col
lege
.G
uest
spe
aker
Dr.
J. R
icha
rd G
illila
nd,
pres
iden
t, M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
,co
nduc
ted
dive
rsity
pre
sent
atio
ns o
n ea
chca
mpu
s of
Cen
tral
.E
thni
c br
eakf
asts
and
lunc
heon
s w
ere
serv
ed o
n ea
ch c
ampu
s to
bui
ld c
ultu
ral a
war
e-
ness
.C
onve
rsat
iona
l Spa
nish
cla
sses
wer
eof
fere
d w
hich
rec
eive
d an
exc
eptio
nally
posi
tive
resp
onse
.Sh
izuo
Nak
amur
a, J
apan
ese
exch
ange
vis
i-to
r, s
pent
six
mon
ths
in th
e C
entr
al C
omm
u-ni
ty C
olle
ge a
rea,
teac
hing
Con
vers
atio
nal
Japa
nese
and
con
duct
ing
pres
enta
tions
on
the
Japa
nese
cul
ture
in th
e co
mm
uniti
es o
fC
entr
al's
ser
vice
are
a.C
olle
ge s
taff
col
lect
ed r
esou
rces
on
serv
-
ing
stud
ents
and
sta
ff w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s. T
hey
also
rev
iew
ed th
e re
spon
sibi
litie
s ou
tline
dw
ithin
the
Am
eric
ans
With
Dis
abili
ties
Act
.So
me
cam
puse
s he
ld "
Div
ersi
ty M
ini-
The
ater
s" o
r "P
opco
rn F
orum
s" w
here
vid
eos
gize
olve
ntei
tt in
, the
Rea
coa
gtan
i as
azt
asso
ciat
e co
llege
was
anex
peri
en,c
e th
shee
ting
hit/o
w/e
dge,
Ze4
01.b
reA
0in
.ate
zial
san
d ex
pe4i
ence
4.at
hyw
eet o
ppor
taai
ties
fir
repr
esea
taliw
esfr
ont e
ae4
ef th
e/0
col
lege
s- to
sha
rekt
forn
tatiO
n an
etid
eas
whi
o4 c
atac
ross
&se
ep/I
nes,
tlivi
sioi
ts a
ndge
6gra
phg
deal
ing
with
div
ersi
ty is
sues
wer
e pr
esen
ted.
Am
ong
the
topi
cs w
ere
Man
agin
g D
iffe
renc
e,C
omm
unic
atio
n A
cros
s C
ultu
res,
and
Wom
enin
Lea
ders
hip
Posi
tions
in B
usin
ess.
12
Man
y te
leco
nfer
ence
s w
ere
also
dow
nlin
ked
on th
e th
ree
cam
puse
s. T
opic
s in
clud
ed S
exua
lH
aras
smen
t, th
e A
mer
ican
s w
ith D
isab
ilitie
sA
ct, D
iver
sity
and
Tea
cher
Pre
para
tion,
and
the
Bea
con
tele
conf
eren
ce o
n A
chie
ving
Lea
d-er
ship
Div
ersi
ty.
Cam
pus-
Spec
ific
Act
iviti
esG
uest
spe
aker
s on
the
Plat
te C
ampu
s in
-cl
uded
:
Dr.
Mur
ray
Jack
son,
pro
fess
or a
t the
Uni
-ve
rsity
of
Mic
higa
n an
d a
publ
ishe
d po
et, w
hoco
nduc
ted
a pr
esen
tatio
n ad
dres
sing
the
need
for
cultu
ral d
iver
sity
in o
ur c
lass
room
s an
d on
OU
T c
ampu
s.Sh
erri
Fle
tche
r, O
mah
a Po
lice
Div
isio
n-Y
outh
Int
erve
ntio
n U
nit,
who
spo
ke to
stu
-de
nts,
fac
ulty
and
sta
ff.
Bet
te N
ovit-
Eva
ns, C
reig
hton
Uni
vers
ity,
who
pre
sent
ed o
n "A
re Y
ou a
Mem
ber
ofPr
otec
ted
Cla
ss?"
Dr.
Oye
kan
Ow
omoy
ele,
pro
fess
or o
f A
fri-
can
Lite
ratu
re a
t the
Uni
vers
ity o
f N
ebra
ska-
Lin
coln
, who
dis
cuss
ed "
Cul
tura
lly D
iver
sify
-in
g th
e C
urri
culu
m."
Tom
Mau
l, at
torn
ey, w
ho d
iscu
ssed
"L
egal
Issu
es in
Hig
her
Edu
catio
n."
Hal
Ber
tilso
n, d
ean
of th
e C
olle
ge o
fNat
ural
and
Soci
al S
cien
ces
at th
e U
nive
rsity
of
Neb
rask
a at
Kea
rney
, who
pre
sent
ed o
n "S
exua
lH
aras
smen
t on
Cam
pus.
"Pe
rfor
min
g as
"W
omen
in H
isto
ry,"
fem
ale
stud
ents
fro
m th
e ca
mpu
s po
rtra
yed
fam
ous
wom
en in
his
tory
.
Gue
st s
peak
ers
on th
e H
astin
gs C
ampu
sin
clud
ed:
Jero
me
Lal
oue,
Fre
nch
exch
ange
stu
dent
,w
ho p
rese
nted
"L
ife
Styl
es a
nd E
duca
tion
ofY
outh
in F
ranc
e." 27
Gun
ay O
zkan
, Che
mis
try
inst
ruct
or, p
re-
sent
ed "
Gro
win
g U
p in
Tur
key.
"D
r. K
athl
een
McP
hers
on, d
ean
of I
nstr
uc-
tion,
pre
sent
ed "
Rid
ing
the
Rai
ls th
roug
hSw
itzer
land
."T
amer
a M
inni
ck, P
eace
Cor
ps v
olun
teer
,pr
esen
ted
"Lif
e an
d C
ultu
re in
Afr
ica.
"A
loca
l Has
tings
Col
lege
stu
dent
pre
sent
ed"A
ltern
ativ
e L
ifes
tyle
s: G
ay a
nd L
esbi
anIs
sues
."
Div
ersi
ty P
olic
y St
atem
ent
The
Col
lege
ado
pted
the
follo
win
g di
ver-
sity
pol
icy
stat
emen
t whi
ch w
ill b
e in
tegr
ated
in th
e C
olle
ge p
hilo
soph
y st
atem
ent:
"The
Col
lege
rec
ogni
zes
a re
spca
sibi
lity
to p
rom
ote,
enc
oura
ge a
nd f
oste
r di
vers
ityw
ithin
the
Col
lege
com
mun
ity. T
his
will
be
acco
mpl
ishe
d by
enc
oura
ging
wor
ksho
ps,
sem
inar
s, p
ublic
atio
ns a
nd o
ther
act
iviti
es to
prom
ote
unde
rsta
ndin
g an
d be
nefi
ts o
fdiv
er-
sity
to C
olle
ge s
taff
and
stu
dent
s. S
taff
sha
llbe
enc
oura
ged
to n
urtu
re th
e se
nsiti
vity
and
mut
ual r
espe
ct w
hich
is f
unda
men
tal t
o th
esu
cces
s of
div
ersi
ty b
y cr
eatin
g an
inte
llec-
tual
and
soc
ial c
limat
e pr
omot
ing
the
free
-do
m o
f th
ough
t, in
nova
tion
and
crea
tivity
."
The
Col
lege
Cab
inet
des
igna
ted
fina
ncia
lre
sour
ces
to b
e us
ed f
or d
iver
sity
act
iviti
esw
hich
hav
e an
are
a-w
ide
impa
ct. E
ach
cam
pus
also
des
igna
ted
hum
an a
nd f
man
cial
res
ourc
esto
enh
ance
div
ersi
ty a
ctiv
ities
.
Und
erst
andi
ng D
iver
se E
nvir
onm
ents
Tw
o m
ajor
eve
nts
whi
ch f
ocus
ed o
n di
ver-
sity
occ
urre
d du
ring
the
proj
ect p
erio
d: a
Has
tings
cam
pus
in-s
ervi
ce p
rogr
am in
Mar
ch19
92 a
nd th
e A
ll-C
olle
ge in
-ser
vice
pro
gram
in O
ctob
er 1
992.
The
Has
tings
cam
pus
in-s
ervi
ce f
eatu
red
28
the
"Har
mon
y in
a W
orld
of
Dif
fere
nce"
prog
ram
fro
m K
ansa
s C
ity, M
isso
uri.
All
cam
pus
adm
inis
trat
ors,
fac
ulty
and
sta
ff p
ar-
ticip
ated
in th
e da
y-lo
ng p
rogr
am w
hich
iden
-tif
ied
the
subt
le d
iffe
renc
es in
all
of u
s an
dho
w o
ur s
ucce
ss a
s a
Col
lege
, is
due,
in p
art,
to o
ur a
ccep
tanc
e of
thes
e di
ffer
ence
s. T
hepr
ogra
m w
as w
ell r
ecei
ved
by th
e ca
mpu
s.In
Oct
ober
199
2 th
e C
entr
al C
omm
unity
Col
lege
-Pla
tte C
ampu
s ho
sted
the
all-
Col
-le
ge in
-ser
vice
,whi
ch f
ocus
ed o
n di
vers
ityis
sues
. Liz
Haw
thor
ne, a
pro
fess
or a
t the
Uni
vers
ity o
f T
oled
o, p
rese
nted
a s
hort
vid
eow
hich
she
had
hel
ped
prod
uce
entit
led
"Suc
-ce
edin
g in
Cul
tura
lly a
nd R
acia
lly D
iver
seE
nvir
onm
ents
." F
ollo
win
g th
e pr
esen
tatio
nhy
Haw
thor
ne, t
he s
taff
was
div
ided
into
pee
rgr
oups
for
an
activ
ity a
dapt
ed b
y th
e Pl
atte
Div
ersi
ty C
omm
ittee
fro
m a
wor
kboo
k w
hich
acco
mpa
nied
the
vide
o. T
he a
ctiv
ity f
ocus
edon
dys
func
tiona
l beh
avio
r as
exh
ibite
d or
witn
esse
d by
Col
lege
sta
ff w
ith r
egar
d to
dive
rsity
in th
e C
olle
ge e
nvir
onm
ent.
The
smal
l gro
ups
wer
e fa
cilit
ated
by
indi
vidu
als
in th
e co
mm
unity
and
Col
lege
who
wer
ese
lect
ed b
ecau
se th
ey r
epre
sent
ed d
iver
sity
in th
e co
mm
unity
. The
fac
ilita
tors
wer
e tr
aine
din
the
Dys
func
tiona
l Beh
avio
r E
xerc
ise
prio
rto
the
in-s
ervi
ce a
ctiv
ity.
In N
ovem
ber
1992
, rep
rese
ntat
ives
fro
mea
ch c
ampu
s di
vers
ity ta
sk f
orce
pre
sent
ed to
the
Col
lege
's B
oard
of
Gov
erno
rs. T
he p
ur-
pose
was
to u
pdat
e th
e B
oard
on
the
activ
ities
and
prog
ress
of
dive
rsity
issu
es a
s th
ey r
elat
eto
the
com
mun
ities
, stu
dent
s an
d st
aff
ofC
entr
al. A
mon
g th
e pr
esen
ters
wer
e st
uden
tsan
d st
aff
who
hav
e be
nefi
tted
and
will
con
-tin
ue to
ben
efit
from
div
ersi
ty a
ctiv
ities
con
-du
cted
thro
ugho
ut th
e ar
ea.
13
,-,
(,;,1
r4;^
''*""
":80
4,61
V
r
29
30
Yze
side
zd's
Yer
spea
ireof
tgO
st&
ting
Ole
ezsi
OY
and
Yea
t&rs
he)?
Dr.
Tom
Gon
zale
s, P
resi
dent
Fron
t Ran
ge C
omm
unity
Col
lege
,W
estm
inst
er, C
olor
ado
Fron
t Ran
ge C
omm
unity
Col
lege
(FR
CC
)is
rap
idly
mov
ing
to a
new
hig
h pe
rfor
man
ceor
gani
zatio
n ba
sed
on p
rove
n, m
odem
lead
-er
ship
and
man
agem
ent p
rinc
iple
s. T
his
new
appr
oach
is p
redi
cate
d on
em
pow
ered
empl
oyee
s w
orki
ng in
a m
atri
x st
ruct
ure.
Em
pow
erm
ent m
eans
, in
this
con
text
,w
orki
ng in
inte
rdis
cipl
inar
y te
rms,
usi
ngcr
itica
l thi
nkin
g an
d pr
oble
m-s
olvi
ngap
proa
ches
, mov
ing
deci
sion
s to
the
low
est
leve
l, an
d pl
anni
ng s
trat
egic
ally
for
the
futu
re.
Div
ersi
ty b
ecom
es a
cri
tical
ele
men
t in
crea
ting
an e
mpo
wer
ed in
stitu
tion.
Div
ersi
tyis
mea
ning
ful i
n m
any
diff
eren
t way
s. I
ssue
san
d in
itiat
ives
in d
iver
sity
are
ref
lect
ed in
gend
er, c
ultu
ral p
lura
lism
, lea
rnin
g an
d be
-ha
vior
al s
tyle
s, a
ge, v
alue
s an
d m
uch
mor
e.T
his
dive
rsity
mus
t be
reco
gniz
ed, c
heri
shed
and
cele
brat
ed to
ach
ieve
a h
igh-
perf
orm
ance
orga
niza
tion.
Whi
le th
e ba
sic
philo
soph
y of
the
com
pre-
hens
ive
two-
year
com
mun
ity c
olle
ge h
asre
mai
ned
cons
tant
ove
r th
e la
st 3
0 ye
ars,
our
resp
onsi
bilit
ies
and
our
role
s ha
ve c
hang
edan
d w
ill c
ontin
ue to
cha
nge
dram
atic
ally
.H
isto
rica
lly, t
he p
rem
ise
on w
hich
the
Am
eri-
can
c om
mun
ity c
olle
ge is
bas
ed e
volv
edfr
omth
e id
ea o
f eg
alita
rian
ism
. Our
mis
sion
is a
fund
amen
tal p
rece
pt o
f A
mer
ican
idea
ls.
Com
mun
ity c
olle
ges
sym
boliz
e th
e ba
sic
Am
eric
an r
ight
of
ever
y ci
tizen
to a
qua
lity
educ
atio
n an
d up
war
d m
obili
ty.
Stud
ents
who
hav
e fe
w f
inan
cial
res
ourc
esan
d lit
tle a
cade
mic
pre
para
tion
can
atte
nd a
two-
year
com
mun
ity c
olle
ge, a
ttain
apo
stse
cond
ary
educ
atio
n, a
nd e
nter
a r
ewar
d-in
g ca
reer
. Com
mun
ity c
olle
ges
are
also
a-e
sour
ce f
or a
dditi
onal
trai
ning
orr
etra
inin
gfo
r ne
w o
ppor
tuni
ties.
In f
act,
I be
lieve
that
the
com
mun
ity c
ol-
lege
sys
tem
is in
the
envi
able
pos
ition
of
bein
g th
e lik
ely
educ
atio
nal l
eade
r of
the
21st
cent
ury.
Thi
s is
due
to th
e co
nver
genc
e of
key
soci
o-ec
onom
ic c
hang
e.
Wor
kfor
ce C
hang
esT
he H
udso
n In
stitu
te r
epor
t Wor
kfor
ce20
00: W
ork
and
Wor
kers
for
the
21st
Cen
tury
con
vinc
ingl
y ar
gues
that
the
maj
or-
ity o
f A
mer
ican
wor
kers
are
alr
eady
in th
e
labo
r m
arke
t. T
his
will
be
true
thro
ugh
the
year
2000
. For
exa
mpl
e, w
e ca
n on
ly e
xpec
t new
entr
ants
to b
e, p
erha
ps, 1
5 pe
rcen
t of
the
labo
rfo
rce.
Wom
en, m
inor
ities
and
imm
igra
nts
will
be m
ore
than
80
perc
ent o
f al
l new
job
entr
ants
to th
e la
bor
forc
e. M
oreo
ver,
the
tech
nica
l ski
llre
quir
emen
ts f
or g
ood-
payi
ng jo
bs w
ill r
equi
reso
me
post
-sec
onda
ry e
duca
tion
but l
esst
han
afo
ur-y
ear
bacc
alau
reat
e de
gree
.T
he 1
990
Secr
etar
y's
Com
mis
sion
on
Ach
ievi
ng N
eces
sary
Ski
lls (
SCA
NS)
stu
dyby
the
Dep
artm
ent o
f L
abor
fur
ther
mor
e fi
nds
that
Am
eric
an b
usin
ess
is b
ecom
ing
awar
e of
the
impe
rativ
e fo
r th
eir
wor
kers
, exi
stin
g an
dne
w, t
o ac
quir
e ne
w w
orkp
lace
ski
llsin
com
-m
unic
atio
n, te
amw
ork,
and
pro
blem
-sol
ving
.M
ore
and
mor
e, b
usin
esse
s ar
e tu
rnin
g to
the
com
mun
ity c
olle
ges
for
educ
atio
nal a
ssis
tanc
efo
r th
is e
mer
ging
nee
d.R
ecen
tly, I
ser
ved
as th
e co
mm
unity
col
lege
repr
esen
tativ
e on
the
Com
mis
sion
on
the
Skill
sof
the
Am
eric
an W
orkf
orce
, spo
nsor
ed b
y th
eN
atio
nal C
ente
r on
Edu
catio
n an
d th
eE
cono
my.
Est
ablis
hed
in 1
989,
the
com
mis
-si
on w
as a
bip
artis
an p
anel
of
lead
ers
from
busi
ness
, lab
or, e
duca
tion,
gov
ernm
ent a
ndth
e ad
voca
cy c
omm
unity
. The
com
mis
sion
's
31
char
ge w
as to
dev
elop
a c
ompr
ehen
sive
pla
nto
add
ress
the
natio
n's
econ
omic
nee
dsas
wel
l as
to k
eep
Am
eric
a as
a f
ull p
artic
ipan
tin
a d
ynam
ic g
loba
l eco
nom
y. O
urre
port
,en
title
d A
mer
ica'
s C
hoic
e: H
igh
Skill
sor
Low
Wag
es, w
as s
tart
ling;
it v
ivid
ly d
ocu-
men
ts c
once
rns
abou
t the
nat
ion'
s ab
ility
toco
mpe
te e
cono
mic
ally
and
rej
ects
mos
t glib
ratio
naliz
atio
ns o
f A
mer
ican
bus
ines
s, th
ew
orkf
orce
and
the
educ
atio
nal s
yste
m.
The
com
mis
sion
une
quiv
ocal
ly s
tate
d th
atim
prov
ing
prod
uctiv
ity is
an
impe
rativ
e if
Am
eric
a is
to m
aint
ain
-- le
t alo
ne r
aise
--
itscu
rren
t sta
ndar
d of
livi
ng. T
he r
epor
t cle
arly
conc
lude
s th
at th
e U
.S. i
s he
aded
for
ser
ious
econ
omic
and
soc
ial d
islo
catio
n. T
here
port
char
ges
that
this
nat
ion'
s w
orkp
lace
s m
ust b
ere
orga
nize
d to
not
onl
y im
plem
ent
new
,so
phis
ticat
ed te
chno
logy
but
mee
t the
hig
hpr
oduc
tivity
of
wor
kers
thro
ugh
expa
ndin
gsk
ills.
We
can
no lo
nger
ope
rate
a hi
gh-
tech
nolo
gy, l
ow-s
kill,
low
-wag
e in
dust
rial
syst
em a
nd b
e as
sure
d w
e w
ill b
e ab
le to
mai
ntai
n or
impr
ove
our
stan
dard
of
livin
g.A
mer
ica
need
s to
dev
elop
pro
gram
s to
edu
cate
and
trai
n th
e w
orkf
orce
to h
igh
leve
ls o
fw
ork-
rela
ted
skill
s, jo
b st
anda
rds
and
prod
uctiv
ity.
32
Cur
rent
com
mun
ity c
olle
ge tr
ends
und
er-
scor
e th
e re
aliti
es o
f W
orkf
orce
200
0,SC
AN
S, a
nd A
mer
ica'
s C
hoic
e. O
urco
mm
unity
col
lege
s ar
e gr
owin
g an
dch
angi
ng v
ery
rapi
dly.
Acc
ordi
ng to
the
U.S
.D
epar
tmen
t of
Edu
catio
n, c
omm
unity
colle
ges
enro
lled
20 p
erce
nt o
f al
l stu
dent
s at
all l
evel
s of
hig
her
educ
atio
n an
d 24
per
cent
of a
ll fi
rst-
time
fres
hmen
in 1
965.
Tw
enty
year
s la
ter,
com
mun
ity c
olle
ges
enro
lled
37pe
rcen
t and
44
perc
ent,
resp
ectiv
ely.
In
our
case
at F
RC
C, l
ike
man
y of
our
sis
ter
inst
itutio
ns n
atio
nwid
e, o
ur h
eadc
ount
grew
alm
ost 1
00 p
erce
nt in
the
last
fiv
eye
ars.
Cha
ngin
g St
uden
t Dem
ogra
phic
sH
uge
incr
ease
s in
stu
dent
enr
ollm
ent i
sa
man
ifes
tatio
n of
our
cha
ngin
g de
mog
raph
ics.
Our
soc
iety
is q
uick
ly b
ecom
ing
mor
e di
vers
ean
d co
mm
unity
col
lege
s re
flec
t tha
t div
ersi
ty.
Ano
ther
dem
ogra
phic
dyn
amic
isag
e. T
heav
erag
e ag
e of
the
com
mun
ity c
olle
ge s
tude
ntin
incr
easi
ng--
at F
RC
C, t
he a
vera
ge a
ge is
appr
oxim
atel
y 30
. And
that
ave
rage
age
cont
inue
s to
incr
ease
eac
h ye
ar. L
ooki
ngat
our
ethn
ical
ly d
iver
se p
opul
atio
ns, e
nrol
lmen
tat
FR
CC
com
pare
s fa
vora
bly
with
the
ethn
icco
mpo
sitio
n of
the
serv
ice
area
as f
ollo
ws:
FRC
C19
90 C
ensu
sB
lack
1.2%
0.6%
Nat
ive
Am
eric
an1.
6%0.
5%A
sian
3.8%
1.8%
His
pani
c8.
3%7.
9%T
OT
AL
14.9
%11
.0%
Wom
en r
epre
sent
mor
e th
an 5
8 pe
rcen
t of
FRC
C's
stu
dent
pop
ulat
ion.
Mor
eove
r,ou
rda
y an
d ev
enin
g cl
asse
s ar
e eq
ually
pop
ular
,de
mon
stra
ting
a su
rge
in w
orki
ng a
dult
stu-
dent
s. F
inal
ly, m
ost o
f ou
r st
uden
tsar
e pa
rt-
>5
time,
ave
ragi
ng a
ppro
xim
atel
y ei
ght c
redi
tho
urs
per
sem
este
r w
hich
, aga
in, t
ends
to in
di-
cate
a w
orki
ng a
dult.
Our
bus
ines
s an
d in
dus-
try
cust
omiz
ed tr
aini
ng p
rogr
ams
aim
ed a
tre
trai
ning
cur
rent
wor
kers
, usu
ally
del
iver
edat
com
pany
site
s, h
ave
also
incr
ease
d dr
amat
i-ca
lly o
ver
the
last
thre
e ye
ars.
Las
tye
ar, w
ese
rved
mor
e th
an 6
,000
wor
kers
.W
hen
cons
ider
ing
dive
rsity
initi
ativ
es in
term
s of
our
stu
dent
s an
d co
mm
unity
, the
cons
ider
atio
ns a
re s
omew
hat d
aunt
ing.
Man
yof
our
stu
dent
s ar
e th
e fi
rst g
ener
atio
n of
thei
rfa
mily
to a
ttend
pos
t-se
cond
ary
educ
atio
n.O
ther
s ar
e in
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
new
to th
eU
nite
d St
ates
. Som
e ar
e m
inor
ity o
r ph
ysic
ally
eisa
dvan
tage
d. A
larg
e se
gmen
t of o
ur c
us-
tom
ers
are
retu
rnin
g st
uden
ts a
fter
as
man
yas
10, 1
5 or
20
year
s aw
ay. S
till o
ther
sm
aysi
mpl
y no
t kno
w w
hat e
duca
tiona
lor
car
eer
dire
ctio
n th
ey w
ish
to g
o. T
o en
sure
that
we
prov
ide
all s
tude
nts
with
the
best
edu
catio
n,w
e ne
ed to
gua
rant
ee th
em a
n in
telle
ctua
llyst
imul
atin
g en
viro
nmen
t with
fac
ulty
of
sim
i-la
r ba
ckgr
ound
s or
fac
ulty
who
are
know
-le
dgea
ble
and
will
ing
to e
xplo
re d
iffe
renc
es in
thei
r cl
assr
oom
s. A
nd s
tude
nts
shou
ld b
e ab
leto
fin
d ro
le m
odel
s an
d m
ento
rs to
ass
ist t
hem
on th
eir
ofte
n co
nfus
ing
educ
atio
nal j
ourn
ey.
In th
e sa
me
vein
, the
com
mun
ity c
olle
ge s
houl
dbe
com
mitt
ed to
con
nect
ing
with
the
dive
rse
loca
l com
mun
ity, i
.e.,
cham
bers
of c
omm
erce
,ec
onom
ic d
evel
opm
ent a
genc
ies,
sec
onda
rysc
hool
s, c
omm
unity
-bas
ed o
rgan
izat
ions
and
busi
ness
es.
Com
plex
ity o
f O
ur M
issi
onT
he c
omm
unity
col
lege
mis
sion
is b
ecom
-in
g, a
lmos
t nee
dles
s to
say
, inc
reas
ingl
yco
m-
plex
as
the
com
mun
ities
and
stu
dent
s we
serv
eex
pect
mor
e fr
om u
s. P
eopl
e an
d em
ploy
ers
33
depe
nd o
n hi
ghly
qua
lifie
d an
d m
otiv
ated
facu
lty to
pro
vide
a to
p-no
tch,
aff
orda
ble
educ
atio
n. T
hey
expe
ct a
hos
t of
othe
r ed
uca-
tiona
l ser
vice
s in
clud
ing
job
trai
ning
, job
plac
emen
t and
ret
rain
ing
assi
stan
ce. T
hey
expe
ct c
omm
unity
ser
vice
. Mos
t im
port
antly
,th
ey e
xpec
t us
to a
ssis
t the
m in
thei
r ef
fort
s to
mov
e in
to th
e ec
onom
ic m
ains
trea
mof
Am
eri.
can
life.
Bus
ines
s an
d in
dust
ry a
rede
man
d-in
g hi
gher
edu
catio
n as
sist
ance
ran
ging
fro
m-
wor
kpla
ce li
tera
cy to
adv
ance
d te
chno
logy
tran
sfer
to k
eep
our
com
petit
ive
edge
in a
glob
al e
cono
my.
At t
he s
ame
time,
we
are
expe
cted
to m
eet
thes
e ne
eds
with
eith
er th
e sa
me
dolla
rs o
r, e
ven,
few
er d
olla
rs a
sst
ate
and
loca
l bud
gets
con
tinue
to ti
ghte
n. W
e w
ill h
ave
no c
hoic
eas
inst
itutio
ns o
f hi
gher
edu
ca-
tion
-- w
e m
ust d
evel
op lo
ng-
rang
e st
rate
gic
plan
s w
ith f
lex-
ibili
ty a
nd r
espo
nsiv
enes
s to
mee
tth
ese
new
dem
ands
.L
eade
rs m
ust,
in o
rder
to le
ad,
be a
ble
to f
acili
tate
cha
nge
inth
eir
orga
niza
tions
to m
eet n
ewre
aliti
es. L
eade
rshi
p in
volv
esbu
ildin
g co
nsen
sus
and
mom
entu
m. T
his
mea
ns e
nsur
ing
that
the
orga
niza
tion
has
aco
mm
on v
isio
n, d
evel
ops
and
artic
ulat
es a
coge
nt s
trat
egy,
bui
lds
and
mai
ntai
ns a
cul
-tu
re th
at s
uppo
rts
this
vis
ion
and
stra
tegy
, and
supp
orts
a v
ital,
invo
lved
em
ploy
ee.
The
lead
ers
in th
e co
mm
unity
col
lege
sys
-te
m, l
ike
our
coun
terp
arts
in b
usin
ess,
mus
tle
arn
to "
wor
k sm
arte
r, n
ot h
arde
r."
In th
epr
oces
s, w
e ca
n he
lp o
ur c
omm
unity
colle
gew
orkf
orce
do
the
sam
e. W
orki
ng s
mar
ter
mea
ns f
indi
ng n
ew w
ays
to u
nlea
sh th
ew
ealth
of ta
lent
, kno
wle
dge
and
skill
s th
at o
urco
mm
unity
col
lege
wor
kfor
ce p
osse
sses
. Aco
llabo
rativ
e fr
amew
ork,
like
the
mat
rix
appr
oach
we
are
taki
ng a
t FR
CC
, off
ers
the
oppo
rtun
ity to
take
that
wea
lth o
f hu
man
reso
urce
s an
d di
rect
it a
t bec
omin
g a
high
-pe
rfor
man
ce c
omm
unity
col
lege
. But
, the
basi
s of
this
col
labo
ratio
n is
inte
rper
sona
lre
latio
nshi
psan
dco
mm
unic
atio
n.U
nder
stan
ding
and
che
rish
ing
our
dive
rsity
,i.e
. our
dif
fere
nces
, will
unc
over
the
true
pote
ntia
l of
this
new
col
labo
rativ
e ef
fort
.
Unf
ortu
nate
ly, m
any
form
al a
nd in
form
aled
ucat
iona
l lea
ders
con
tinue
to s
ee d
iver
sity
as a
lega
l or
soci
al is
sue
rath
erth
an a
key
reso
urce
to b
e nu
rtur
ed a
nd ta
pped
.A
s a
resu
lt, d
iver
sity
in th
e w
orkp
lace
is o
ften
sim
ply
supe
rfic
ial c
ultu
ral e
vent
s or
dis
cus-
sion
for
ums
whe
n re
sour
ces
and
time
allo
w.
Unt
il co
llege
lead
ers,
at a
ll le
vels
, per
ceiv
edi
vers
ity a
s cr
itica
l to
the
colle
ge's
via
bilit
yan
d fu
ture
, div
ersi
ty in
itiat
ives
will
not
be
apr
iori
ty a
nd c
onse
quen
tly a
ny e
ffor
ts a
t tea
mco
llabo
ratio
n w
ill u
ltim
atel
y fa
ll sh
ort.
Lea
d-
>6
ers
and
man
ager
s w
ho s
et o
ut to
impl
emen
tch
ange
--
part
icul
arly
com
plex
, lon
g-te
rmch
ange
--
mus
t hav
e a
basi
s in
an
unde
rsta
nd-
ing
of, a
nd a
ppre
ciat
ion
for,
div
ersi
ty is
sues
.C
omm
unity
col
lege
pre
side
nts
have
a s
pe-
cial
rol
e in
pro
mot
ing
the
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
dive
rsity
. The
pre
side
nt m
ust e
xem
plif
y a
firm
,un
abid
ing
com
mitm
ent t
o di
vers
ity in
itiat
ives
.H
e or
she
mus
t con
stan
tly d
emon
stra
te h
is o
rhe
r be
lief
in it
s im
port
ance
as
one
of th
ein
stitu
tion'
s m
ost s
igni
fica
nt r
esou
rces
. In
all
area
s of
cam
pus
activ
ity, e
.g. g
over
nanc
e, c
ur-
ricu
lum
, ins
truc
tion,
ret
entio
n,cu
lture
, stu
dent
sup
port
ser
vice
san
d st
aff
deve
lopm
ent,
dive
rsity
initi
ativ
es m
ust b
e a
com
mon
thre
ad.
Initi
ativ
es a
t Fro
nt R
ange
Fron
t Ran
ge C
omm
unity
Col
lege
has
take
n a
num
ber
ofpr
oact
ive
step
s in
dif
fere
ntdi
vers
ity in
itiat
ives
. Whi
le th
ese
step
s ha
ve b
een
posi
tive,
ther
e is
cons
ider
ably
mor
e to
acc
ompl
ish
if th
e ap
prec
iatio
n of
div
ersi
ty is
to b
e a
valu
ed p
art o
f ou
r ca
mpu
sfa
bric
. Som
e or
gani
zatio
nal-
proc
ess
acco
mpl
ishm
ents
incl
ude:
Stra
tegi
c Pl
anni
ng. B
egin
ning
last
yea
r,th
e C
olle
ge u
nder
took
a c
ontin
uing
, "bo
ttom
up,"
com
preh
ensi
ve s
trat
egic
pla
nnin
g pr
o-ce
ss to
pre
pare
us
for
tom
orro
w's
chal
leng
esan
d op
port
uniti
es. T
he d
efin
ition
of
our
valu
esw
as a
maj
or p
art o
f th
est
rate
gic
plan
ning
proc
ess.
Div
ersi
ty e
mer
ged
from
that
pro
cess
as a
n im
port
ant v
alue
that
will
gui
de o
ur o
n-go
ing
disc
ussi
ons
abou
t whe
re w
e ar
e an
dw
here
we
wan
t to
be. 35
Sym
bolis
m. T
he m
otto
in o
ur o
ffic
ial l
ogo
is "
Exc
elle
nce
and
Div
ersi
ty."
Thi
s co
nvey
stw
o sa
lient
val
ues
of th
e C
olle
ge. W
e va
lue
exce
llenc
e an
d ar
e co
mm
itted
to a
chie
ving
itin
eve
ry a
spec
t of
our
oper
atio
ns a
nd a
ctiv
i-tie
s. M
oreo
ver,
we
valu
e di
vers
ity a
nd th
eco
ntri
butio
ns it
bri
ngs
to o
ur in
stitu
tion
inte
rms
of ta
lent
, enr
ichm
ent,
cultu
re a
nd m
ore.
Org
aniz
atio
nal T
rans
form
atio
n. A
s w
em
ove
tow
ard
a fl
exib
le a
nd r
espo
nsiv
e m
atri
xor
gani
zatio
n in
a c
omm
unity
col
lege
set
ting,
we
are
in th
e fo
rtun
ate
posi
tion
of h
avin
g a
plur
alis
tic w
orkf
orce
. Thi
s hi
ghly
mot
ivat
edw
orkf
orce
is n
ot o
nly
a m
icro
cosm
of
our
com
mun
ity a
nd s
ocie
ty, b
ut a
t a g
rass
-roo
tsle
vel (
facu
lty)
it ha
s m
ade
man
y im
pres
sive
effo
rts
tow
ard
dive
rsity
initi
ativ
es.
Furt
herm
ore,
the
Col
lege
has
gen
erat
edso
me
sign
ific
ant m
omen
tum
gri
d pr
ogre
ssto
war
ds d
iver
sity
adv
ance
men
t. T
hese
adva
ncem
ents
dem
onst
rate
the
Col
lege
'sco
mm
itmen
t.
a;
Div
ersi
ty w
ithin
adm
inis
trat
ion,
fac
ulty
and
staf
f co
mpr
ises
17.
8 pe
rcen
t of
all e
mpl
oy-
ees.
Thi
s co
mpa
res
favo
rabl
y to
the
11 p
er-
cent
of
the
gene
ral p
opul
atio
n th
at m
inor
ities
repr
esen
t in
the
FRC
C s
ervi
ce a
rea.
We
con-
tinue
to a
ctiv
ely
seek
qua
lifie
d ca
ndid
ates
and
new
em
ploy
ees.
The
Edu
catio
nal S
ervi
ces
divi
sion
has
recr
uite
d m
inor
ity s
tude
nts
to a
ssis
t in
the
recr
uitm
ent o
f ot
her
min
ority
stu
dent
s to
FRC
C. S
tude
nts
assi
st w
ith h
igh
scho
ol v
isita
-tio
ns a
nd n
ew s
tude
nt o
rien
tatio
n pr
ogra
ms.
The
y al
so a
ct a
s st
uden
t men
tors
. We
rece
ntly
saw
a n
otic
eabl
e in
crea
se in
stu
dent
ret
entio
nth
at w
e at
trib
ute
to th
is p
rogr
am.
The
Cur
ricu
lum
Com
mitt
ee th
at o
vers
ees
all i
nstr
uctio
nal e
ffor
ts a
t our
mul
ti-si
te C
ol-
lege
has
beg
un a
new
pri
ority
initi
ati
toin
corp
orat
e di
vers
ity is
sues
in th
e cu
rric
u-lu
m. A
t the
sam
e tim
e, in
divi
dual
fac
ulty
have
alr
eady
take
n th
e re
spon
sibi
lity
to in
-co
rpor
ate
dive
rsity
acr
oss
the
curr
icul
um
36"
117"
Eo-
hi
thro
ugh
rese
arch
, fac
ulty
dis
cuss
ions
, cur
ricu
-lu
m d
evel
opm
ent a
nd te
am e
ffor
ts.
Col
lege
Rel
atio
ns h
as m
ount
ed a
mar
ketin
gca
mpa
ign
to r
ecru
it st
uden
ts o
f et
hnic
div
ersi
tyth
at in
clud
es r
adio
ads
, new
spap
er a
ds, l
istin
gin
dir
ecto
ries
, and
spe
cial
eve
nts
for
scho
lar-
ship
s an
d re
crui
tmen
t.D
iver
sity
min
i-gr
ants
wer
e es
tabl
ishe
d by
the
Off
ice
for
Inst
itutio
nal D
iver
sity
to e
ncou
r-ag
e an
d su
ppor
t div
ersi
ty e
ffor
ts th
roug
hout
the
Col
lege
. The
se e
ffor
ts in
clud
e cu
rric
ulum
deve
lopm
ent,
stud
ent a
ctiv
ities
and
sta
ffde
velo
pmen
t.
In s
umm
ary,
our
nat
ion
and
our
com
mun
ityco
llege
s w
ill b
e, if
they
are
not
alr
eady
, und
er-
goin
g ra
dica
l cha
nge.
An
impo
rtan
t par
t of
that
chan
ge is
div
ersi
ty. D
iver
sity
is o
ne s
igni
fica
ntke
y to
ens
urin
g th
at o
ur c
ount
ry a
nd it
s pe
ople
rem
ain
one
of th
e gr
eat e
cono
mic
and
tech
no-
logi
cal p
ower
s in
an
incr
easi
ngly
com
petit
ive
wor
ld.
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37
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etso
mSh
aron
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ssba
ch, D
irec
tor
Ede
n Pr
airi
e C
ampu
s an
d B
eaco
nA
ssoc
iate
Col
lege
Pro
ject
Coo
rdin
ator
Hen
nepi
n T
echn
ical
Col
lege
,Pl
ymou
th, M
inne
sota
The
pas
t tw
o ye
ars
have
bee
n ex
citin
gtim
es o
f gr
owth
for
Hen
nepi
n T
echn
ical
Col
lege
. Enr
ollm
ents
hav
e co
ntin
ued
toin
crea
se a
nd th
e di
vers
ity o
f st
uden
ts h
as a
lso
expa
nded
. The
Bea
con
Col
lege
pro
ject
has
been
a c
atal
yst i
n m
ovin
g fo
rwar
d in
val
uing
dive
rsity
.T
he f
ocus
on
issu
es o
f di
vers
ity b
y st
aff,
facu
lty a
nd a
dmin
istr
atio
n ha
s be
en th
e gr
eat-
est s
ucce
ss o
f th
e pa
st y
ear.
Eac
h tim
e th
edi
vers
ity c
omm
ittee
mee
ts to
dis
cuss
pla
nsan
d de
bate
the
philo
soph
ies
and
appr
oach
esto
val
uing
div
ersi
ty, m
embe
rs r
each
new
heig
hts
of u
nder
stan
ding
and
com
mitm
ent t
ole
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty. T
he d
efin
ition
ofl
eade
r-sh
ip d
iver
sity
at H
enne
pin
has
unfo
lded
tom
ean
that
eve
ry s
taff
mem
ber
and
stud
ent
brin
gs a
per
spec
tive
and
lead
ersh
ip p
oten
tial
to e
nhan
ce h
igh
posi
tive
rega
rd f
or a
ll th
roug
hw
ords
use
d an
d ac
tions
take
n. L
eade
rshi
pdi
vers
ity is
for
all
pers
ons
in th
e or
gani
zatio
n.
Impl
emen
tatio
n O
verv
iew
Ede
n Pi
-air
ie a
nd B
rook
lyn
Park
cam
puse
sha
ve m
oved
for
war
d in
a p
lann
ing
mod
ew
hile
con
tinur
og to
impl
emen
t ide
as a
nd p
ro-
gram
s w
hich
enh
ance
div
ersi
ty. T
he f
ollo
w-
ing
item
s pr
ovid
e an
ove
rvie
w o
fthe
hig
hlig
hts
of th
e pa
st y
ear's
act
iviti
es w
hich
foc
used
on
dive
rsity
.1.
The
Col
lege
spo
nsor
ed s
taff
dev
elop
-m
ent a
ctiv
ities
whi
ch e
nhan
ced
the
unde
r-st
andi
ng o
f di
vers
ity, f
eatu
' 'ng
suc
h sp
eake
rsas
Ste
phen
Coo
per,
atto
rney
and
for
mer
Com
mis
sion
er o
f H
uman
Rig
hts.
2. H
enne
pin
cond
ucte
d an
all-
dist
rict
wor
k-sh
op o
n M
artin
Lut
her
Kin
g D
ay o
n th
e to
pic
of d
iver
sity
. Div
erse
cul
tura
l per
spec
tives
wer
e ad
dres
sed
thro
ugh
mus
ic, a
rt, l
ectu
res
and
disc
ussi
on. M
ore
than
120
0 st
affa
ttend
ed.
3. A
ctiv
ities
wer
e co
nduc
ted
on th
e ca
m-
puse
s an
d th
e di
stri
ct o
ffic
e to
pro
mot
e in
ter-
actio
n of
sta
ff f
rom
var
ious
dep
artm
ents
.E
xam
ples
wer
e a
"mov
able
fea
st"
at E
den
Prai
rie
Cam
pus,
an
ice
crea
m s
ocia
l at t
hedi
stri
ct o
ffic
e an
d a
barb
ecue
at B
rook
lyn
Park
Cam
pus.
4. H
enne
pin
Tec
hnic
al C
olle
ge r
espo
nded
/de
to r
ecen
t sta
te le
gisl
atio
n re
quir
ing
that
eac
hca
mpu
s pr
epar
e a
secu
rity
pla
n. T
he p
lans
wer
eco
mpl
eted
and
incl
ude
stra
tegi
es to
exp
and
trai
ning
and
edu
catio
n on
sex
ual h
aras
smen
tan
d se
xual
vio
lenc
e an
d ca
mpu
s se
curi
ty.
Seve
ral s
ecur
ity m
easu
res
have
bee
n pu
t in
plac
e to
mak
e th
e ca
mpu
ses
safe
r fo
r al
l per
sons
.
5. M
embe
rs o
f th
e H
enne
pin
Tec
hnic
alC
olle
ge s
taff
and
adm
inis
trat
ion
part
icip
ated
in a
tow
n m
eetin
g on
div
ersi
ty in
the
com
mun
ityof
Ede
n Pr
airi
e. O
ngoi
ng c
omm
unity
div
ersi
tyac
tiviti
es w
ill in
clud
e E
den
Prai
rie
Cam
pus
staf
f. C
omm
unity
mem
bers
wer
e in
vite
d to
cam
pus
dive
rsity
eve
nts
at th
e to
wn
mee
ting.
6. T
he P
rofe
ssio
nal D
evel
opm
ent G
roup
of
Ede
n Pr
airi
e co
mpl
eted
res
earc
h an
d de
vel-
oped
a p
lan
for
enha
ncin
g di
vers
ity o
n th
eca
mpu
ses.
The
pla
n w
ill b
e im
plem
ente
dbe
ginn
ing
win
ter
quar
ter,
199
2-93
.
7. H
enne
pin
Tec
hnic
al C
olle
ge h
oste
dnu
mer
ous
tele
conf
eren
ces
on to
pics
rel
ated
todi
vers
ity. A
one
-day
tele
conf
eren
ce o
n"C
omba
tting
Rac
ism
and
Big
otry
on
Col
lege
Cam
puse
s" w
as a
ired
on
both
Hen
nepi
nT
echn
ical
Col
lege
cam
puse
s. D
r. A
nita
Hill
was
fea
ture
d as
one
of
the
pres
ente
rs a
nd D
r.
39
Alf
redo
de
los
Sant
os, J
r. f
rom
Mar
icop
aC
omm
unity
Col
lege
, Pho
enix
, Ari
zona
,se
rved
as
the
conf
eren
ce k
eyno
ter.
8. T
he C
olle
ge a
ppro
ved
an u
pdat
ed s
e;,3
1ha
rass
men
t pol
icy
and
adop
ted
a se
xual
viol
ence
pol
icy.
9. T
wo
facu
lty m
embe
rs a
ttend
ed th
eG
ende
r T
eam
Bui
ldin
g W
orks
hop
taug
ht b
yD
r. C
arol
yn D
esja
rdin
s at
the
Inte
rnat
iona
lC
ente
r fo
r L
eade
rshi
p D
evel
opm
ent i
nA
rizo
na. T
he c
ampu
s di
rect
or a
t Ede
n Pr
airi
e
Cam
pus
atte
nded
the
Lea
ders
pro
gram
off
ered
by th
e C
ente
r.
10. F
ollo
win
g in
volv
emen
t in
the
Gen
der
Tea
m B
uild
ing
Wor
ksho
p, o
ne o
f th
e in
stru
c-to
rs d
evel
oped
a u
nit o
n ge
nder
team
bui
ldin
gw
hich
is in
clud
ed in
a c
omm
unic
atio
n co
urse
on th
e E
den
Prai
rie
Cam
pus.
11. P
lans
wer
e in
pla
ce to
hos
t a w
orks
hop
in J
anua
ry 1
993
to b
e ta
ught
by
Dr.
Des
jard
ins
on o
ne o
f th
e ca
mpu
ses.
Sta
ff a
nd a
dmin
istr
a-tio
n w
ill b
e in
volv
ed.
12. S
ever
al s
mal
l sta
te a
nd d
istr
ict g
rant
sha
ve b
een
rece
ived
to f
urth
er th
e w
ork
ofva
luin
g di
vers
ity. T
hrou
gh th
e gr
ant f
undi
ng,
a cu
ltura
l div
ersi
ty c
eleb
ratio
n w
as h
eld
onea
ch c
ampu
s in
Dec
embe
r of
199
2.In
sum
mar
y, it
mus
t be
note
d th
at th
e in
tere
stan
d ex
cite
men
t in
mov
ing
ahea
d to
val
uedi
vers
ity h
as b
een
gene
rate
d, a
nd s
taff
and
stud
ents
are
lead
ing
the
colle
ge f
orw
ard.
The
key
to a
ctio
n ha
s be
en th
e su
ppor
t, co
mm
itmen
tan
dde
dica
tion
of s
taff
,fa
culty
and
adm
inis
trat
ion
at H
enne
pin
Tec
hnic
al C
olle
ge.
attit
tale
ersi
4,w
azen
ess
and
Cie
itsiti
etr
iew
/ood
efon
tlize
uti
alle
y&L
ois
Nan
keE
xecu
tive
Dir
ecto
r of
Hum
an R
esou
rces
and
Bea
con
Ass
ocia
te C
olle
ge P
roje
ctC
oord
inat
orK
irkw
ood
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge,
Ced
ar R
apid
s, Io
wa
Prom
otin
g le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty a
nd c
ul-
tura
l div
ersi
ty a
war
enes
s an
d se
nsiti
vity
enco
mpa
ssed
sev
eral
dir
ectio
ns a
t Kir
kwoo
dC
omm
unity
Col
lege
. Our
invo
lvem
ent i
n th
eB
eaco
n C
olle
ge g
rant
aw
arde
d to
Met
ropo
li-ta
n C
omm
unity
Col
lege
in O
mah
a ga
ve u
s an
oppo
rtun
ity to
foc
us s
peci
fica
lly o
n th
is is
sue
in o
ur p
rogr
amm
ing
thes
e pa
st tw
o ye
ars.
We
40
belie
ve w
e ha
ve d
evel
oped
a p
rogr
am th
atha
s le
d to
man
y th
ough
t-pr
ovok
ing
expe
ri-
ence
s fo
r ou
r st
uden
ts a
nd s
taff
.So
me
of th
e ac
tiviti
es w
e of
fere
d w
ere:
A li
ve, i
nter
activ
e te
leco
nfer
ence
with
Sal
lyH
elge
sen,
aut
hor
of T
he F
emal
e A
dvan
tage
.A
wec
kly
pres
enta
tion
by s
tude
nts
and
staf
f m
embe
rs o
f di
ffer
ence
des
crib
ing
the
coun
try/
cultu
re th
ey h
ave
expe
rien
ced.
The
sepr
esen
tatio
ns w
ere
mad
e by
not
onl
y pe
rson
sfr
om o
ther
cou
ntri
es b
ut a
lso
by th
ose
of o
ther
race
s an
d pe
rson
s w
ho li
ve w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.A
dis
crim
inat
ion
awar
enes
s pr
ogra
mde
sign
ed s
peci
fica
lly f
or s
tude
nts
in in
dust
rial
tech
nolo
gy p
rogr
ams. /9
Spec
ial o
n-si
te r
ecru
itmen
t eff
orts
in o
ther
citie
s.Im
plem
enta
tion
of a
mul
ti-et
hnic
pro
gram
for
stud
ents
.Im
plem
enta
tion
of a
glo
bal s
tudi
es d
egre
epr
ogra
m.
An
all-
staf
f fe
stiv
al f
eatu
ring
the
food
, dan
ces
and
mus
ic o
f th
e va
riou
s cu
lture
s of
our
inte
r-na
tiona
l stu
dent
s.G
row
ing
part
icip
atio
n in
our
dis
tanc
e le
arn-
ing
syst
em a
nd in
the
Eng
lish-
as-a
-Sec
ond
Lan
guag
e pr
ogra
m.
Exp
lori
ng G
ende
r D
iffe
renc
esO
ne o
f th
e m
ost p
opul
ar a
nd e
ffec
tive
pro-
gram
s w
as a
thre
e-da
y, o
n-si
te w
orks
hop
Ai
41
faci
litat
ed b
y D
r. C
arol
yn D
esja
rdin
s, e
xecu
-tiv
e di
rect
or o
f th
e N
atio
nal I
nstit
ute
for
Lea
d-er
ship
Dev
elop
men
t, a
maj
or tr
aini
ng p
rogr
amfo
r co
llege
adm
inis
trat
ors.
Dr.
Des
jard
ins
has
done
pos
t-do
ctor
al w
ork
at H
arva
rdU
nive
rsity
, con
duct
ing
rese
arch
on
lead
ersh
ipw
ith C
arol
Gill
igan
and
Dav
id M
cCle
land
.T
hrou
gh th
is w
ork,
the
Inst
itute
has
acad
emic
ally
det
erm
ined
man
y of
the
diff
eren
ces
that
occ
ur d
ue to
gen
der
and
gend
er c
ondi
tioni
ng.
Dr.
Des
jard
ins
belie
ves
each
gen
der
cont
ribu
tes
spec
ial g
ifts
to le
ader
ship
and
team
s, a
nd th
at e
ach
cont
ribu
tes
only
hal
f of
a ve
ry im
port
ant w
hole
. Oft
en, j
ust h
avin
g a
bette
r aw
aren
ess
of th
ese
diff
eren
ces
brin
gsco
mfo
rt a
nd w
hole
ness
to a
ny w
ork
grou
p.D
r. D
esja
rdin
s di
scus
sed
a va
riet
y of
gen
der-
base
d to
pics
to a
ssis
t em
ploy
ees
and
stud
ents
bette
r un
ders
tand
eac
h ot
her.
The
fol
low
ing
spec
ial w
orks
hop
sess
ions
wer
e of
fere
d fo
r ea
ch e
mpl
oyee
gro
up, a
sin
dica
ted:
Adm
inis
trat
ors
The
pur
pose
of
this
wor
ksho
p w
as to
hel
pad
min
istr
ator
s de
velo
p an
d un
ders
tand
lead
-er
ship
ski
lls a
ssoc
iate
d w
ith g
ende
r. I
t was
also
des
igne
d to
pro
mot
e te
am-b
uild
ing
for
men
and
wom
en in
ord
er f
or th
em to
bet
ter
unde
rsta
nd g
ende
r is
sues
in w
ork
inte
rac-
tions
and
bui
ld m
ore
com
patib
le w
ork
team
s.A
lthou
gh th
is w
orks
hop
was
gea
red
tow
ard
adm
inis
trat
ors,
oth
er s
taff
and
stu
dent
spa
rtic
ipat
ed. T
he s
essi
ons
wer
e op
en to
any
one
who
wan
ted
to a
ttend
. Thr
ough
cle
ar e
xam
ples
and
a va
riet
y of
exe
rcis
es, D
r. D
esja
rdin
sde
mon
stra
ted
beha
vior
s th
at a
re n
orm
al b
utno
t con
duci
ve to
eff
ectiv
e w
orki
ngre
latio
nshi
ps b
etw
een
men
and
wom
en.
4 2
fty.
,
Facu
ltyT
his
wor
ksho
p fo
cuse
d on
lear
ning
sty
les
rela
ted
to g
ende
r, h
ow to
bet
ter
resp
ond
tost
uden
ts b
y un
ders
tand
ing
thei
r le
arni
ngst
yles
, and
how
to in
tera
ct m
ore
effe
ctiv
ely
with
oth
er f
acul
ty.
Man
y st
uden
ts a
s w
ell a
s fa
culty
atte
nded
this
wor
ksho
p. T
here
is o
bvio
usly
an
inte
rest
on th
e pa
rt o
f ou
r yo
ung
peop
le to
bet
ter
unde
rsta
nd e
ach
othe
r an
d th
emse
lves
in th
eir
com
mun
icat
ion
and
inte
ract
ion
as m
en a
ndw
omen
.
Stud
ents
The
obj
ectiv
e he
re w
as to
ass
ist s
tude
nts
inga
inin
g a
bette
r un
ders
tand
ing
of w
hat m
oti-
vate
s th
eir,
beha
vior
, the
ir o
wn
lear
ning
sty
les,
and
how
to b
uild
bet
ter
rela
tions
hips
with
the
oppo
site
sex
.T
his
wor
ksho
p in
spir
ed th
e m
ost p
artic
ipa-
tion
and
stud
ents
who
atte
nded
wer
e ex
trem
ely
enth
used
and
enl
ight
ened
by
the
topi
c.
Cla
ssif
ied
Staf
fT
he d
irec
tion
of th
is w
orks
hop
was
gen
-de
r-ba
sed
team
bui
ldin
g in
ord
er to
ass
ist
20
,- ha
sw
aite
d 20
year
sfo
r th
is b
us.
.1I,
men
and
wom
en b
ette
r un
ders
tand
gen
der
issu
es in
wor
k in
tera
ctio
ns, b
uild
mor
e co
m-
patib
le w
ork
team
s, a
nd u
nder
stan
d ra
ther
than
fear
gen
der
diff
eren
ces.
Our
cla
ssif
ied
staf
f ar
e th
e "f
ront
-lin
e re
cep-
tors
" of
all
stud
ents
and
com
mun
ity m
embe
rsvi
sitin
g ou
r ca
mpu
s. I
t is
extr
emel
y im
port
ant
that
they
be
awar
e an
d ac
cept
ing
of, a
s w
ell a
sse
nsiti
ve to
, the
man
y di
ffer
ence
s to
be
expe
-ri
ence
d w
hen
deal
ing
with
larg
e nu
mbe
rs o
fpe
ople
. Sin
ce th
e m
ajor
ity o
f cl
assi
fied
empl
oyee
s ar
e w
omen
, it w
as c
onsi
dere
dim
port
ant t
o of
fer
trai
ning
in g
ende
r-ba
sed
diff
eren
ces.
Ove
rall,
Kir
kwoo
d ha
s be
nefi
tted
grea
tlyfr
om th
e op
port
unity
to p
artic
ipat
e as
a B
eaco
nA
ssoc
iate
Col
lege
. Our
em
phas
is o
n cu
ltura
ldi
vers
ity e
duca
tion
and
awar
enes
s du
ring
the
past
two
year
s ha
s en
ergi
zed
the
Col
lege
sta
ffan
d st
uden
ts. A
lthou
gh th
e gr
ant i
s en
ding
, the
prog
ram
s be
gun
duri
ng o
ur p
artic
ipat
ion
will
be e
xpan
ded.
Kir
kwoo
d ha
s al
way
s ta
ken
prid
ein
the
dive
rsity
of
our
staf
f an
d st
uden
ts, a
ndth
is tr
aditi
on h
as b
een
sign
ific
antly
str
engt
h-en
ed th
roug
h ou
r pa
rtic
ipat
ion
in th
e gr
ant.
4 3
Oire
zi14
/. M
aiiii
t'n,
aea
ntpa
sei
wiro
nmei
dto
Ree
zait
and
Ret
ain
eigi
ntod
4, &
adve
nts
and
tcra
eatig
Dr.
Deb
orah
New
som
e, G
roup
Dyn
amic
sIn
stru
ctor
and
Bea
con
Ass
ocia
te C
olle
gePr
ojec
t Coo
rdin
ator
Mad
ison
Are
a T
echn
ical
Col
lege
,M
adis
on, W
isco
nsin
Mad
ison
Are
a T
echn
ical
Col
lege
(M
AT
C)
and
the
eigh
t oth
er a
ssoc
iate
col
lege
s in
the
cons
ortiu
m h
ave
colla
bora
ted
with
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge to
dev
elop
and
impl
emen
t div
ersi
ty p
rogr
ams.
Hav
ing
com
mitt
ed to
dev
elop
ing
and
expa
ndin
g its
effo
rts
to p
rom
ote
valu
ing
dive
rsity
and
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
, MA
TC
has
impl
emen
ted
initi
ativ
es th
at im
prov
e ed
ucat
iona
lop
port
uniti
es f
or a
ll st
uden
ts a
nd s
taff
. The
initi
ativ
es a
re d
esig
ned
to e
nsur
e ac
cess
ibili
tyan
d qu
ality
edu
catio
n in
a d
iver
se, s
uppo
rtiv
een
viro
nmen
t.U
nder
the
lead
ersh
ip o
f M
etro
polit
anC
omm
unity
Col
lege
, ass
ocia
te c
olle
ges
have
shar
ed in
form
atio
n ab
out s
trat
egie
s th
at h
ave
wor
ked,
thos
e th
at h
ave
not a
nd r
easo
ns w
hy.
Thr
ough
sha
ft n
etw
orki
ng, a
nd c
olla
bo-
ratin
g, a
men
tori
ng r
elat
ions
hip
has
evol
ved.
Proj
ect c
oord
inat
ors
cont
act e
ach
othe
r to
ask
ques
tions
and
to r
eque
st in
form
atio
n ab
out
spec
ific
act
iviti
es a
nd p
rogr
ams.
Res
ourc
em
ater
ials
are
als
o ex
chan
ged.
Proj
ect
activ
ities
cond
ucte
dby
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge, M
adis
onA
rs.a
Tec
hnic
al C
olle
ge, F
ront
Ran
geC
omm
unity
Col
lege
and
Wes
tern
Iow
a T
ech
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge w
ere
the
focu
s of
the
foru
m ti
tled
"A V
isio
n Sh
ared
: Exp
andi
ngth
e In
flue
nce
of L
eade
rshi
p Pr
ogra
ms
Thr
ough
Net
wor
king
, Col
labo
ratio
n an
dPa
rtne
rshi
ps"
at th
e 72
nd A
AC
JC A
nnua
lC
onfe
renc
e. P
roje
ct c
oord
inat
ors
disc
usse
dho
w v
ario
us p
artn
ersh
ips
enab
led
the
colle
ges
to e
xpan
d an
d st
reng
then
thei
r ef
fort
s to
bri
ngab
out g
reat
er d
iver
sity
.
Inst
itutio
nal A
ctiv
ities
The
re is
a g
row
ing
need
in W
isco
nsin
for
tech
nica
l col
lege
s to
impl
emen
t str
ateg
ies
tore
crui
t and
ret
ain
min
ority
stu
dent
s an
d st
aff.
Dur
ing
the
past
few
yea
rs, t
he m
inor
ity p
opu-
latio
n ha
s dr
amat
ical
ly in
crea
sed.
A k
ey21
chal
leng
e fo
r W
isco
nsin
's te
chni
cal c
olle
ges
in th
e 19
90s
is to
bui
ld a
sup
port
ive
cam
pus
cultu
re to
attr
act a
nd r
etai
n ra
cial
and
eth
nic
min
oriti
es. B
uild
ing
a su
ppor
ting
cam
pus
envi
ronm
ent t
o re
crui
t and
ret
ain
min
ority
stud
ents
and
sta
ff w
ill r
equi
re c
hang
e on
an
inst
itutio
nal a
nd p
erso
nal l
e ve
l.U
sing
a s
yste
mat
ic a
ppro
ach,
MA
TC
is s
uc-
cess
fully
impl
emen
ting
initi
ativ
es to
cul
tivat
ea
supp
ortiv
e en
viro
nmen
t to
recr
uit a
nd r
etai
nm
inor
ity s
tude
nts
and
staf
f. A
var
iety
ofa
ctiv
i-tie
s, in
clud
ing
wor
ksho
ps, s
ympo
sium
s an
dpa
nel d
iscu
ssio
ns, a
re c
ondu
cted
thro
ugho
utth
e ac
adem
ic y
ear
to e
duca
te th
e C
olle
ge c
am-
pus
and
to e
ncou
rage
dia
logu
e am
ong
staf
f an
dst
uden
ts. G
uest
spe
aker
s ar
e in
vite
d to
the
cam
pus
to a
ddre
ss v
ario
us c
ultu
ral d
iver
sity
issu
es. D
r. T
hom
as K
ochm
an, a
soc
io-l
ingu
ist
from
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Il
linoi
s, C
hica
go, a
ndD
r. E
dwin
Nic
hols
, dir
ecto
r of
Nic
hols
and
Ass
ocia
tes,
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
., ar
e am
ong
the
spea
kers
who
hav
e be
en in
vite
d to
the
Col
lege
.B
oth
spea
kers
foc
used
thei
r pr
esen
tatio
ns a
ndre
sear
ch o
n cu
ltura
l dif
fetie
gces
and
pro
vide
d
pers
pect
ives
to h
elp
staf
f be
com
e m
ore
ac-
cept
ing
of o
ther
cul
ture
s.T
o fu
rthe
r en
hanc
e ac
cept
ance
and
und
er-
stan
ding
of
othe
r cu
lture
s, th
e St
uden
t Lif
eof
fice
coo
rdin
ates
the
Col
lege
's c
ultu
ral
dive
rsity
ser
ies.
Dif
fere
nt c
ultu
res
and
re-
gion
s of
the
wor
ld a
re f
eatu
red
ever
y fo
ur to
five
wee
ks. E
ach
of th
e se
ries
incl
udes
cul
-tu
ral e
xhib
its, p
oste
r di
spla
ys, s
peak
ers
and
perf
orm
ing
grou
ps a
s w
ell a
s m
usic
and
art
exem
plif
ying
the
cultu
re. M
any
inst
ruct
ors
emph
asiz
e th
e cu
lture
s in
cla
sses
.M
AT
C c
olla
bora
tes
with
com
mun
ityor
gani
zatio
ns a
nd g
roup
s, o
ther
voc
atio
nal-
tech
nica
l col
lege
s, a
nd lo
cal p
ublic
sch
ools
to p
rovi
de c
ompr
ehen
sive
rec
ruitm
ent a
ndre
tent
ion
initi
ativ
es f
or m
inor
ity s
tude
nts
and
facu
lty. C
olla
bora
tive
effo
rts
also
incl
ude
wor
king
with
pri
vate
sec
tor,
labo
r, c
ity, c
ount
yan
d go
vern
men
t off
icia
ls to
impl
emen
tsp
ecif
ic d
iver
sity
initi
ativ
es a
nd p
rovi
ding
educ
atio
nal f
orum
s fo
r C
EO
s to
bet
ter
unde
rsta
nd a
nd a
ppre
ciat
e ch
angi
ng w
orke
rde
mog
raph
ics.
Reg
ular
mee
tings
are
cond
ucte
d w
ith th
e D
ane
Cou
nty
Priv
ate
Indu
stry
Cou
ncil
(DC
PIC
) w
hich
ser
ves
as a
link
with
the
maj
ority
of
com
mun
ity-b
ased
orga
niza
tions
and
MA
TC
. Col
labo
ratio
n w
ithD
CPI
C f
ocus
es o
n co
ordi
natin
g ed
ucat
iona
lpr
ogra
ms
and
serv
ices
for
the
econ
omic
ally
/ed
ucat
iona
lly d
isad
vant
aged
and
eth
nic
min
oriti
es. S
uch
effo
rts
min
imiz
e du
plic
atio
nof
trai
ning
and
ser
vice
s am
ong
thes
e co
m-
mun
ity b
ased
org
aniz
atio
ns a
nd th
e C
olle
ge.
Bre
akfa
st f
orum
s ar
e co
nduc
ted
with
repr
esen
tativ
es f
rom
the
Afr
ican
Am
eric
an,
His
pani
c, N
ativ
e A
mer
ican
and
Sou
thea
stA
sian
com
mun
ities
. As
a re
sult
ofth
ese
foru
ms,
new
pro
gram
s an
d se
rvic
es n
eede
d to
enh
ance
46
the
recr
uitm
ent,
rete
ntio
n an
d gr
adua
tion
ofm
inor
ity s
tude
nts
have
bee
n id
entif
ied.
Oth
er c
olla
bora
tive
effo
rts
incl
ude
staf
fm
embe
rs w
orki
ng w
ith e
mpl
oyer
s to
pla
ceel
igib
le s
tude
nts
into
trai
ning
ass
ignm
ents
whi
ch e
xpos
e th
em to
thei
r ch
osen
car
eers
.M
AT
C is
esp
ecia
lly p
roud
of
its M
inor
ityC
oope
rativ
e E
duca
tion
Prog
ram
whi
ch p
ro-
vide
s fo
r th
e in
tegr
atio
n of
aca
dem
ic s
tudi
esan
d w
ork
expe
rien
ce. T
hrou
gh th
is p
rogr
am,
min
ority
stu
dent
s ha
ve o
ppor
tuni
ties
to s
eeth
e re
leva
nce
betw
een
clas
sroo
m th
eory
and
prac
tical
wor
k ex
peri
ence
.
Min
ority
Fac
ulty
and
Stu
dent
Rec
ruitm
ent
In a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e ch
arge
fro
m th
eW
isco
nsin
Boa
rd o
f V
ocat
iona
l, T
echn
ical
and
Adu
lt E
duca
tion
for
all 1
6 te
chni
cal
colle
ges
in th
e st
ate
to d
evel
op a
pla
n im
ple-
men
ting
the
reco
mm
enda
tions
of
the
Gov
erno
r's C
omm
issi
on o
n M
inor
ity P
artic
-ip
atio
n in
Voc
atio
nal-
Tec
hnic
al E
duca
tion,
aco
mpr
ehen
sive
pla
n w
as d
evel
oped
by
a co
m-
mitt
ee a
ppoi
nted
by
the
Col
lege
's p
resi
dent
tore
crui
t and
ret
ain
min
ority
stu
dent
s an
dfa
culty
. The
com
mitt
ee, c
onsi
stin
g of
adm
in-
istr
ator
s, f
acul
ty, s
tude
nts
and
a co
mm
unity
repr
esen
tativ
e, g
athe
red
info
rmat
ion
and
revi
ewed
mat
eria
ls p
erta
inin
g to
the
Col
lege
'scu
rren
t pro
gram
s, s
ervi
ces
and
activ
ities
.B
ased
on
info
rmat
ion
obta
ined
fro
m a
nex
tens
ive
self
-eva
luat
ion
of th
e C
olle
ge, t
here
com
men
datio
ns p
rese
nted
by
the
Col
lege
'sC
ultu
ral D
iver
sity
Tas
k Fo
rce,
fee
dbac
k pr
o-vi
ded
duri
ng c
omm
unity
for
ums,
and
the
resu
lts o
f th
e M
inor
ity S
tude
nt S
urve
y, th
epl
anni
ng c
omm
ittee
iden
tifie
d ac
tiviti
es, p
ro-
gram
s an
d se
rvic
es n
eede
d to
enh
ance
and
incr
ease
min
ority
rec
ruitm
ent a
nd r
eten
tion.
Six
goal
s ar
e ad
dres
sed
in th
e pl
an.
22
The
goa
ls a
re:
Min
ority
stu
dent
rec
ruitm
ent
Supp
ortiv
e se
rvic
es f
or r
eten
tion
ofm
inor
ityst
uden
tsT
rans
ition
of
stud
ents
into
voc
atio
nal-
tech
nica
l pro
gram
sM
inor
ity f
acul
ty r
ecru
itmen
tIn
crea
sed
cultu
ral a
war
enes
sC
oord
inat
ed o
utre
ach
prog
ram
s
Obj
ectiv
es a
nd a
ctiv
ities
are
app
ropr
iate
lym
atch
ed w
ith e
ach
goal
. The
pla
n w
ill b
eup
date
d an
nual
ly.
MA
TC
Mis
sion
MA
TC
is c
omm
itted
to b
uild
ing
a cu
ltura
llydi
vers
e ac
adem
ic c
omm
unity
whi
ch p
rovi
des
oppo
rtun
ities
for
all
pers
ons
to s
ucce
ed. T
heC
olle
ge w
ill c
ontin
ue to
exp
and
its e
ffor
ts to
prom
ote
cultu
ral d
iver
sity
by
prov
idin
g gr
eate
rin
nova
tion
in c
urri
cula
r m
atte
rs a
nd s
uppo
rtse
rvic
es ta
rget
ing
raci
al a
nd e
thni
c m
inor
ities
.H
igh
on th
e C
olle
ge's
list
of
prio
ritie
s is
expa
ndin
g in
itiat
ives
inte
grat
ing
cultu
ral
dive
rsity
ir to
the
curr
icul
um, c
oord
inat
ing
anin
tegr
ated
sup
port
ive
serv
ices
sys
tem
and
recr
uitin
g m
inor
ity f
acul
ty.
Mis
sion
Sta
tem
ent
The
mis
sion
of
MA
TC
is to
pro
vide
inno
va-
tive
lead
ersh
ip to
hel
p bu
ild a
com
mun
ityw
hich
is s
ocia
lly a
nd e
cono
mic
ally
str
ong,
flex
ible
and
com
petit
ive
in a
cha
ngin
g gl
obal
mar
ketp
lace
.T
he C
olle
ge w
ill p
rovi
de a
com
preh
ensi
vecu
rric
ulum
whi
ch in
clud
es v
ocat
iona
l, te
chni
-ca
l, lib
eral
and
bas
ic s
tudi
es.
The
Col
lege
will
con
tinua
lly d
irec
t its
reso
urce
s to
ens
ure
acce
ssib
le, q
ualit
y ed
uc-
atio
n to
ena
ble
curr
ent a
nd p
rosp
ectiv
e st
uden
tsto
bec
ome
prod
uctiv
e, c
ivic
-min
ded
citiz
ens.
47
hefi
etro
polte
taa
Con
tifitt
nial
lege
s:gi
tterp
ezso
itat c
if/e
l/wor
king
and
Wea
ing
g'og
ethe
r gt
;a/a
/zel
Mea
t&rs
hip
cOle
ersi
4fM
aure
en K
enne
dy, C
oord
inat
or o
fE
mpl
oyee
Dev
elop
men
tT
he M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
s,K
ansa
s C
ity, M
isso
uri
Bac
kgro
und
The
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ges
(MC
C),
incl
udin
g L
ongv
iew
, Map
le W
oods
and
Penn
Val
ley,
in K
ansa
s C
ity, M
isso
uri
had
initi
ated
act
iviti
es to
war
d ac
hiev
emen
tof
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
pri
or to
bec
omin
g pa
rtof
the
Bea
con
gran
t. In
ord
er to
be
proa
ctiv
ein
dea
ling
with
the
proj
ecte
d de
mog
raph
icch
ange
s, L
ongv
iew
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge h
ades
tabl
ishe
d a
Mul
ticul
tura
l Tas
k Fo
rce
in19
88. T
he ta
sk f
orce
wor
ked
on p
roje
cts
deal
ing
with
com
mun
icat
ing
posi
tive
info
rmat
ion
abou
t eth
nic
grou
ps. T
he a
ll-em
ploy
ee in
-ser
vice
in N
ovem
ber
1990
was
devo
ted
to "
Und
erst
andi
ng D
iver
sity
." T
heor
ksho
p co
nsis
ted
of k
eyno
te b
y G
ene
Cha
vez,
Pen
n V
alle
y fa
culty
mem
ber
and
foun
der
of th
e C
ente
r fo
r In
terc
ultu
ral
Com
mun
icat
ion.
Mor
e th
an 6
00 M
CC
48
empl
oyee
s at
tend
ed th
e al
l day
wor
ksho
p.In
Jul
y 19
90 "
Har
mon
y in
a W
orld
of
Dif
fere
nce,
" a
city
-wid
e pr
ogra
m d
edic
ated
to f
oste
ring
cul
tura
l har
mon
y, b
ecam
e pa
rt o
fPe
nn V
alle
y C
omm
unity
Col
lege
.Fo
r se
vera
l yea
rs, c
ultu
ral e
vent
s an
d et
h-ni
c ce
lebr
atio
ns h
ad b
een
held
in th
e di
stri
ct.
Eac
h ca
mpu
s ce
lebr
ates
Bla
ck H
isto
ry m
onth
with
dis
play
s, w
orks
hops
and
spe
aker
s. E
ach
Apr
il fo
r th
e pa
st th
ree
year
s a
Mul
ti-C
ultu
ral
Fair
has
bee
n he
ld o
n th
e L
ongv
iew
Cam
pus.
Staf
f, f
acul
ty a
nd s
tude
nts
are
enco
urag
ed to
show
case
thei
r he
rita
ge th
roug
h bo
oths
and
activ
ities
. Pen
n V
alle
y ce
lebr
ates
Cin
co d
eM
ayo
with
the
danc
es, s
ongs
and
art
ofM
exic
opr
esen
ted
in th
e C
ampu
s C
ente
r an
d ca
fete
ria
area
s du
ring
the
lunc
h ho
ur.
Dur
ing
the
fall
of 1
990,
MC
C e
xper
ienc
eda
seri
es o
f cu
tbac
ks in
sta
te f
undi
ng. T
hose
cutb
acks
pre
sent
ed a
ser
ious
fin
anci
al s
itua-
tion
for
MC
C. T
he e
nerg
y of
the
offi
cers
, and
that
of
man
y ad
min
istr
ator
s, f
acul
ty a
nd s
taff
,w
as f
ocus
ed o
n w
ays
to in
crea
se r
even
ues
and
cut s
pend
ing.
In
Janu
ary,
199
1 M
CC
23
initi
ated
a h
irin
g fr
eeze
, tra
vel f
unds
wer
efr
ozen
, spe
ndin
g w
as c
urta
iled
and
reas
sign
-m
ents
mad
e. T
he M
CC
off
icer
s be
gan
a pr
o-ce
ss o
f ex
amin
ing
prog
ram
s, s
taff
ing
and
spen
ding
.W
hile
thos
e ef
fort
s w
ere
succ
essf
ul in
sta
bi-
lizin
g ou
r fi
nanc
ial s
ituat
ion,
for
18
mon
ths
the
time
and
ener
gy a
vail-
' )1e
for
oth
er p
lann
ing
prog
ram
s an
d th
e fu
i, s
avai
labl
e fo
r tr
aini
ngan
d de
velo
pmen
t act
iviti
es w
ere
grea
tlyre
duce
d. T
he u
se o
f ou
tsid
e co
nsul
tant
s an
dw
orks
hop
faci
litat
ors
was
elim
inat
ed.
All
wor
ksho
ps a
nd p
rogr
ams
need
ed to
be
plan
ned
and
pres
ente
d by
cur
rent
em
ploy
ees.
Get
ting
Star
ted
In D
ecem
ber
1991
, the
MC
C B
eaco
n pr
ojec
tdi
rect
or c
alle
d to
geth
er p
erso
ns f
rom
eac
hlo
catio
n w
ho h
ad p
revi
ousl
y ex
pres
sed
inte
r-es
t in
furt
heri
ng le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty a
t MC
C.
AH
em
ploy
ee g
roup
s w
ere
repr
esen
ted
--fa
culty
, sta
ff, a
dmin
istr
ator
s an
d of
fice
rs. A
tth
at f
irst
mee
ting,
the
12 p
artic
ipan
ts d
iscu
ssed
the
conc
epts
of
lead
ersh
ip a
nd d
iver
sity
and
49
the
resu
lts o
f th
e pr
e-pr
ojec
t atti
tude
sur
vey
dist
ribu
ted
by M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
in O
mah
a.O
bjec
tives
for
the
gran
t had
bee
n w
ritte
n.Fi
ndin
g w
ays
to w
ork
with
the
inst
itutio
n's
fina
ncia
l situ
atio
n, to
exp
and
the
grou
p an
d to
iden
tify
othe
rs w
ho w
ould
be
inte
rest
ed in
join
ing
our
effo
rts
wer
e cr
itica
l iss
ues.
The
"adv
isor
y gr
oup"
mem
bers
wer
e as
ked
tohe
lp e
xpan
d th
e gr
oup
by in
vitin
g tw
o ot
her
empl
oyee
s to
the
next
mee
ting.
In M
arch
199
2, a
foc
us g
roup
mee
ting
was
sche
dule
d. T
he g
oal o
f th
e m
eetin
g w
as to
disc
uss
the
part
icul
ar n
eeds
of
the
grou
pm
embe
rs to
incr
ease
thei
r se
nsiti
vity
todi
vers
ity is
sues
. Our
pla
n w
as to
sta
rt th
etr
aini
ng w
ith th
ose
mos
t int
eres
ted
in th
eto
pic
and
to tr
ain
in a
reas
of
conc
ern
to th
em
embe
rs. T
hirt
y pe
ople
atte
nded
the
focu
sgr
oup
sess
ion.
The
age
nda
for
the
mee
ting
was
as
follo
ws:
Dis
cuss
ion
of th
e m
eani
ng o
f "l
eade
rshi
p,"
"div
ersi
ty"
and
"lea
ders
hip
dive
rsity
"B
rain
stor
min
g of
cri
tical
que
stio
ns -
--W
hat t
ypes
of
trai
ning
or
expe
rien
ce d
ow
e ne
ed?
Do
I ne
ed to
be
mor
e se
nsiti
ve to
oth
ers?
Wha
t do
I w
ant f
rom
this
gro
up?
.
A li
vely
dis
cuss
ion
ensu
ed, a
nd a
list
of
topi
cs w
as d
evel
oped
(se
e A
ppen
dix
A).
The
gro
up th
ough
t tha
t a w
orks
hop
once
aqu
arte
r w
ould
be
appr
opri
ate.
The
spi
rit
in
the
room
was
ver
y up
liftin
g an
d ho
pefu
l. A
sth
e m
eetin
g w
as e
ndin
g, w
e ha
d a
sens
e of
unfi
nish
ed b
usin
ess.
We
felt
a ne
ed to
pub
-lic
ly s
tate
our
com
mitm
ent t
o le
ader
ship
dive
rsity
. The
gro
up c
ompo
sed
the
follo
win
gco
mm
itmen
t sta
tem
ent:
50
I co
mm
it m
ysel
f to
:R
esis
ting
and
oppo
sing
pre
judi
ceA
ffir
min
g po
sitiv
e be
havi
ors
Cel
ebra
ting
the
dive
rsity
whi
ch is
MC
C
I w
ill p
ract
ice
this
com
mitm
ent b
y:Sh
arin
g th
is c
ontr
act w
ith m
y co
lleag
ues
Bei
ng o
pen
with
oth
ers
Wor
king
to im
plem
ent i
deas
at m
yca
mpu
s or
loca
tion
Lea
rnin
g to
inte
rrup
t pre
judi
cial
beh
avio
rPa
rtic
ipat
ing
in th
is e
ndea
vor
for
as lo
ngas
is n
eces
sary
.W
e fe
lt th
at th
e in
terp
erso
nal n
etw
ork
that
we
wer
e es
tabl
ishi
ng w
asim
port
ant a
nd c
riti-
cal t
o ea
ch o
f us
in f
ulfi
lling
our
com
mitm
ent.
Wor
king
Tog
ethe
rT
he w
ords
"W
orki
ng T
oget
her"
bec
ame
our
goal
and
, thu
s, o
ur n
ame.
The
com
mitm
ent s
tate
men
t was
pri
nted
with
a p
lace
for
sig
natu
re a
nd d
istr
ibut
ed to
the
Mar
ch p
artic
ipan
ts. E
ach
part
icip
ant w
asse
nt tw
o co
pies
of
the
com
mitm
ent a
nd w
asen
cour
aged
to a
sk o
ther
s to
sha
re in
the
com
mitm
ent.
Som
e de
part
men
ts a
sked
that
com
mitm
ent f
orm
s be
dev
elop
ed w
ith s
igna
-tu
re li
nes
for
all p
erso
ns in
the
depa
rtm
ent s
oth
at th
e st
atem
ents
cou
ld b
e di
spla
yed
in th
eof
fice
are
a. T
he c
omm
itmen
t for
ms
disp
laye
din
our
cub
icle
s, o
ffic
es a
nd o
ffic
e ar
eas
rem
ind
us e
ach
day
of o
ur r
esol
ve to
red
uce
prej
udic
e in
our
inst
itutio
ns a
nd in
our
hom
es.
Eve
n be
fore
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
Bea
con
proj
ect,
the
proj
ect d
irec
tor
had
been
col
lect
-in
g ar
ticle
s on
topi
cs r
elat
ing
to le
ader
ship
,cu
ltura
l div
ersi
ty a
nd e
thni
city
. It q
uick
lybe
cam
e ev
iden
t tha
t sen
ding
out
all
the
thou
ght-
prov
okin
g ar
ticle
s an
d in
tere
stin
gin
form
atio
n on
div
ersi
ty r
elat
ed to
pics
cou
ldke
ep a
t lea
st o
ne p
erso
n bu
sy.
21
A "
Wor
king
Tog
ethe
r" n
oteb
ook
was
de-
sign
ed w
ith th
e fo
llow
ing
sect
ions
:Pu
rpos
e an
d Pl
anK
ansa
s C
ity C
ultu
ral H
erita
geL
eade
rshi
pC
urri
culu
mG
ener
al I
nfor
mat
ion
Mee
ting
Not
es
The
not
eboo
k its
elf
beca
me
a co
mm
unity
proj
ect w
ith th
e W
orki
ng T
oget
her
part
ici-
pant
s co
ntri
butin
g ar
ticle
s. T
he n
oteb
ooks
wer
egi
ven
to e
ach
of th
e W
orki
ng T
oget
her
part
ici-
pant
s at
the
wor
ksho
p sc
hedu
led
for
July
.In
vita
tions
wer
e se
nt to
the
Wor
king
Tog
ethe
r pa
rtic
ipan
ts a
skin
g th
em to
invi
te a
tle
ast t
wo
othe
rs to
trai
ning
sch
edul
ed d
urin
gth
e su
mm
er. W
e fe
lt it
was
impo
rtan
t to
con-
tinue
the
wor
k w
e be
gan
in M
arch
to b
road
en
4't
I 51
our
awar
enes
s of
oth
ers,
and
str
engt
hen
our
appr
ecia
tion
of o
urse
lves
and
our
dif
fere
nces
.O
ur g
oal f
or th
e tr
aini
ng w
as to
hel
p us
lear
nm
ore
abou
t eac
h ot
her
and
othe
r cu
lture
s an
dst
reng
then
the
bond
s th
at w
e al
read
y sh
ared
.Pa
ul W
illia
ms,
pre
side
nt o
f Pe
nn V
alle
y,sp
oke
to th
e gr
oup
abou
t "C
ritic
al E
xpre
s-si
ons
of R
espe
ct."
Dr.
Will
iam
s ha
s a
back
-gr
ound
in e
thni
c st
udie
s an
d cu
ltura
l ant
hro-
polo
gy, a
nd w
as a
ble
to il
lust
rate
his
poi
ntw
ith s
tori
es f
rom
his
inte
rnat
iona
l exp
eri-
ence
s.A
n "a
lien
enco
unte
r" e
xerc
ise
com
plet
edth
e ha
lf-d
ay w
orks
hop.
The
exe
rcis
e he
lped
part
icip
ants
bec
ome
fam
iliar
with
the
key
elem
ents
in th
e co
mm
unic
atio
n pr
oces
s an
din
crea
se th
eir
inte
rcul
tura
l aw
aren
ess
and
sens
itivi
ty.
In O
ctob
er, L
eon
and
Gin
ny K
nigh
t, w
rit-
ers-
in-r
esid
ence
at P
enn
Val
ley,
pre
sent
ed a
wor
ksho
p ca
lled
"The
Art
s as
a B
asis
for
Cul
tura
l Div
ersi
ty E
duca
tion.
" T
he K
nigh
ts'
visi
t was
spo
nsor
ed b
y th
e Pe
nn V
alle
y A
rts
Tas
k Fo
rce,
Pen
n V
alle
y H
uman
ities
Div
i-si
on, t
he P
enn
Val
ley
Lea
rnin
g C
ente
r an
dth
e B
eaco
n Pr
ojec
t. L
eon
Kni
ght i
s a
foun
der
of G
uild
Pre
ss, a
sm
all p
ress
spe
cial
izin
g in
poet
ry a
ntho
logi
es b
y B
lack
and
mix
ed-r
ace
auth
ors.
Kni
ght i
s th
e au
thor
of
the
artic
le"T
raps
that
Kee
p Pe
ople
of
Col
or O
ut o
fC
omm
unity
Col
lege
Tea
chin
g."
Gin
nyK
nigh
t is
an a
war
d-w
inni
ng b
ook
desi
gner
,au
thor
and
edi
tor.
Whi
le a
t Pen
n V
alle
y, th
e K
nigh
ts v
isite
dcr
eativ
e w
ritin
g cl
asse
s, c
ondd
cted
som
ew
ritin
g w
orks
hops
and
vis
ited
the
Afr
ican
-A
mer
ican
lite
ratu
re c
lass
. The
cul
min
atio
n of
thei
r vi
sit w
as a
po
etry
per
form
ance
by
Ele
anor
Bow
ie, P
enn
Val
ley
facu
lty m
embe
r an
d52
publ
ishe
d po
et, o
ther
fac
ulty
mem
bers
and
stud
ents
.D
urin
g th
e m
onth
of
Oct
ober
, not
eboo
ksw
ere
pres
ente
d to
eac
h ca
mpu
s pr
esid
ent b
yth
ree
or f
our
repr
esen
tativ
es o
f th
e W
orki
ngT
oget
her
grou
p. T
he g
oal o
f th
e pr
esen
tatio
nw
as to
dem
onst
rate
the
com
mitm
ent o
f th
eW
orki
ng T
oget
her
grou
p fo
r le
ader
ship
dive
rsity
and
see
k th
e pr
esid
ent's
sup
port
for
the
cont
inua
tion
of th
e ef
fort
s of
the
grou
p.T
he n
oteb
ooks
will
be
plac
ed in
the
cam
pus
libra
ry a
nd th
e re
sour
ce c
ente
r at
the
adm
in-
istr
ativ
e ce
nter
. At t
he O
ctob
er in
-ser
vice
, the
Bea
con
proj
ect d
irec
tor
pres
ente
d a
Wor
king
Tog
ethe
r no
tebo
ok to
the
exec
utiv
e vi
ce-
chan
cello
r.T
he f
inal
for
mal
eve
nt o
f th
e gr
ant w
as th
ete
leco
nfer
ence
in N
ovem
ber.
Inv
itatio
ns w
ere
sent
to s
taff
dev
elop
men
t pro
fess
iona
ls a
tco
llege
s an
d un
iver
sitie
s in
the
met
ropo
litan
Kan
sas
City
are
a an
d pe
rson
s at
MC
C. A
disc
ussi
on w
as f
acili
tate
d by
the
proj
ect
dire
ctor
aft
er th
e te
leco
nfer
ence
.
Oui
,com
esT
he g
rant
pro
vide
d M
CC
a v
ehic
le f
or w
ork-
ing
furt
her
on le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty is
sues
. We
have
ach
ieve
d th
e fo
llow
ing:
An
appr
opri
ate
foru
m a
nd c
lear
ingh
ouse
was
est
ablis
hed
for
issu
es s
uch
as:
Cul
tura
l div
ersi
tyL
eade
rshi
p de
velo
pmen
tW
orkp
lace
clim
ate
Soci
al c
hang
eE
vent
coo
rdin
atio
n an
d tr
aini
ng w
asde
velo
ped.
Part
icip
ants
see
them
selv
es a
s "p
artn
ers"
inco
ncer
n.C
omm
unic
atio
n be
twee
n an
d am
ong
the
mem
bers
is g
reat
ly im
prov
ed.
Futu
re P
lans
An
actio
n pl
an f
or le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty a
ndde
velo
pmen
t will
be
pres
ente
d to
the
MC
Cof
fice
rs.
25
1014
11)
t
The
com
mitm
ent w
ill b
e re
new
ed b
y th
epa
rtic
ipan
ts o
n an
ann
ual b
asis
; par
ticip
ant
num
bers
con
tinue
to in
crea
se.
Tra
inin
g an
d de
velo
pmen
t in
the
area
s of
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
will
be
cont
inue
d on
aqu
arte
rly
basi
s.In
form
atio
nal d
istr
ibut
ion
for
Wor
king
To-
geth
er n
oteb
ooks
will
con
tinue
.
App
endi
x "A
"B
rain
stor
min
g L
ist o
f T
opic
sfo
r Po
ssib
le D
iver
sity
Wor
ksho
psT
he M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
sM
arch
199
21.
Wha
t typ
es o
f tr
aini
ng e
xper
ienc
es d
oI
need
?R
ole
reve
rsal
inse
t-vi
ceD
evel
op s
cena
rios
Exp
erie
nce
wha
t it's
like
to b
e a
min
ority
Lea
rn a
bout
exp
erie
nces
/per
cept
ions
of
stud
ents
, fac
ulty
, sta
ff, a
dmin
istr
atio
nIn
crea
se B
eaco
n gr
oup'
s se
nsiti
vity
Hel
p ex
plor
e ot
her
cultu
res
Go
beyo
nd w
orkp
lace
/tim
esE
ncou
rage
"liv
ing"
in a
rel
atio
nshi
pD
evel
op tr
ust i
n re
latio
nshi
psL
earn
mor
e ab
out t
he p
erso
n; s
hare
abo
utba
ckgr
ound
s; d
evel
op e
mpa
thy
Tra
inin
g on
"op
en to
lear
ning
" vs
."p
rote
cted
"; a
dvan
tage
s/di
sadv
anta
ges
of e
ach
Com
mun
icat
ion
skill
sH
ow to
inte
rrup
t pre
judi
ceH
ow to
cha
lleng
e ol
d at
titud
esL
iste
ning
ski
llsV
ario
us c
omm
unic
atio
n st
yles
Lea
ders
hip
skill
s, s
tyle
s, s
ituat
iona
lle
ader
ship
New
slet
ter:
colle
ctfr
omva
riou
sco
mm
uniti
es,
0 61
Subm
it to
edi
tor
for
incl
usio
n in
exi
stin
gpu
blic
atio
nsSt
ress
nee
d fo
r sk
ills
in m
ultic
ultu
ralis
m(h
ow to
beh
ave)
Mul
ticul
tura
lism
on
orie
ntat
ion
agen
daA
sses
s fr
ee s
peec
h is
sues
Bre
ak d
own
divi
sion
bar
rier
sH
ow to
aff
ect c
urri
culu
mIn
itiat
e di
scip
line
curr
icul
um c
hang
eB
ring
exp
erie
nce
to s
tude
nts
Tea
chin
g te
chni
ques
; e.g
., an
alog
y,le
arni
ng s
tyle
sB
ring
Col
lege
toge
ther
in f
airs
, spe
cial
even
tsT
ake
adva
ntag
e of
opp
ortu
nitie
s; c
eleb
rate
Kin
g ho
liday
Enc
oura
ge e
xper
ienc
ing
"the
dif
fere
nce"
in r
isk-
free
situ
atio
ns.
2. W
hat d
o I
wan
t fro
m th
e gr
oup?
Cad
re tr
aine
d in
divi
dual
sM
ento
ring
pro
gram
for
fre
shm
en (
staf
f,fa
culty
, adm
inis
trat
ors)
Rev
iew
/ass
ess
curr
icul
um; m
ove
to m
ore
mul
ticul
tura
lism
Tra
in/e
duca
te o
n ho
w to
inst
ruct
div
ersi
tycu
rric
ulum
Faci
litat
e re
view
of
polic
y th
at s
uppo
rts
uneq
ual t
reat
men
t; re
view
hir
ing
polic
y/pr
actic
esA
sses
s st
uden
t per
cept
ion/
attit
ude;
fac
ulty
perc
eptio
n/at
titud
e; s
taff
per
cept
ion/
attit
ude
Bey
ond
cast
e sy
stem
of
empl
oyee
"gr
oups
"T
rans
mit
abili
ty to
stu
dent
s to
dea
l in
city
/so
ciet
y/w
orkp
lace
Purs
ue c
omm
itmen
t fro
m to
p of
fice
rs;
stro
ng s
tate
men
ts in
pol
icy
and
actio
nO
utre
ach
to in
flue
ntia
lsB
e aw
are
of e
xter
nal e
nvir
onm
ents
26
(cer
tific
atio
n of
pro
gram
s, c
ity/c
ount
yits
elf)
Cha
lleng
e ne
gativ
es th
at a
re im
pact
ing
polic
yFa
cilit
ate
voic
es a
rtic
ulat
ing
need
sIn
stitu
tiona
lize
Cha
lleng
e un
wri
tten
attit
udes
, rul
es, m
ores
Est
ablis
h m
issi
on s
tate
men
tM
ultic
ultu
ral c
lass
as
a re
quir
emen
t for
grad
uatio
nE
mpo
wer
ed to
aff
ect e
nvir
onm
ent
Lea
rn h
ow to
inte
rmpt
pre
judi
ce a
nd m
aint
ain
rela
tions
hip
Cro
ss c
ultiv
atio
n of
cam
puse
s fo
rin
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
Mov
e be
yond
nee
d fo
r "o
ffic
e" to
war
din
divi
dual
sen
sitiv
ity/r
espo
nsib
ility
Con
unit
pers
onal
ly to
mak
ing
a di
ffer
ence
Car
eer
ladd
er/le
ader
dev
elop
men
t to
dive
rsity
org
aniz
atio
nN
ontr
aditi
onal
tVq
(gen
der)
ok.
eeel
opin
gat
aitil
ace&
d.Y
otpl
eiw
eird
atio
it c)
lippw
ae4.
gits
tikai
offa
liY
eat&
-tsh
,ip g
'Azo
asirh
oat
Cifi
etw
polit
ait e
vam
ian
alle
y&L
ynn
Smith
, Ins
truc
tiona
l Res
ourc
esSe
cret
ary
and
Bea
con
Col
lege
Pro
ject
Coo
rdin
ator
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge,
Om
aha,
Neb
rask
a
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge's
rol
ein
the
Bea
con
proj
ect c
onsi
sted
of
two
maj
orfa
cets
: fir
st, o
vera
ll pr
ojec
t dir
ectio
n an
dco
ordi
natio
n of
all
asso
ciat
e co
llege
act
iviti
es;
seco
nd, p
artic
ipat
ion
in th
e pr
ojec
t as
one
of10
par
ticip
atin
g "a
ssoc
iate
col
lege
s."
Thi
sse
cond
rol
e w
as c
ritic
al to
Met
ro's
des
ire
toin
stitu
tiona
lize
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
act
iviti
esth
roug
hout
the
Col
lege
. Whi
le th
e B
eaco
npr
ojec
t dir
ecto
r m
aint
aine
d a
proj
ect-
wid
efo
cus,
it w
as in
cum
bent
on
seve
ral o
f us
at
Met
ro to
laun
ch a
ctiv
ities
that
wou
ld tr
uly
mak
e ou
r in
stitu
tion
an e
qual
par
tner
in th
eB
eaco
n pr
ojec
t.
56
In f
ulfi
llmen
t of
its a
ssoc
iate
col
lege
rol
e,M
etro
est
ablis
hed
seve
ral o
bjec
tives
to g
uide
Col
lege
-spe
cifi
c (a
s op
pose
d to
pro
ject
-wid
e)ac
tiviti
es o
f th
e gr
ant.
The
fol
low
ing
obj e
c-fi
ves
are
take
n fr
om M
etro
's o
rigi
nal a
ctio
npl
an, f
ollo
wed
by
desc
ript
ions
of
how
thos
eob
ject
ives
wer
e fu
lfill
ed.
'Obj
ectiv
e I:
Ins
titut
iona
lize
dive
rsity
stat
emen
ts th
roug
hout
the
Col
lege
.M
etro
sou
ght t
o in
corp
orat
e se
vera
l sta
te-
men
ts o
n di
vers
ity in
to th
e ro
le a
nd m
issi
onst
atem
ent o
f th
e C
olle
ge. A
s a
resu
lt, M
etro
'sC
olle
ge A
ctio
n C
ounc
il (C
AC
) or
gani
zed
afo
cus
proj
ect g
roup
to f
orm
ulat
e an
ope
ra-
tiona
l def
miti
on o
f w
hat i
s m
eant
by
the
term
"div
ersi
ty."
The
CA
C is
a C
olle
ge-w
ide
com
-m
ittee
sys
tem
that
enc
oura
ges
lead
ersh
ip p
o-te
ntia
l by
prov
idin
g op
port
uniti
es f
or a
ll st
aff
to p
artic
ipat
e in
dec
isio
n-m
akin
g pr
oces
ses.
The
pur
pose
of
the
focu
s pr
ojec
t gro
up w
as
27
to d
evel
op a
Col
lege
-wid
e de
fini
tion
of d
iver
-si
ty w
hich
ref
lect
ed th
e C
olle
ge's
vie
wpo
ints
from
an
educ
atio
nal s
tand
poin
t. Fr
om th
is d
efi-
nitio
n, g
oals
and
str
ateg
ies
with
whi
ch to
impl
e-m
ent a
ful
l-sc
ale
dive
rsity
pro
gram
will
be
form
ulat
ed.
Wha
t evo
lved
was
mor
e of
a d
iver
sity
sta
te-
men
t tha
n a
true
def
initi
on s
ince
the
grou
pdi
scov
ered
that
a s
ingl
e de
fini
tion
term
ed to
be
mor
e "e
xclu
sive
" th
an "
incl
usiv
e."
The
res
ult-
ing
stat
emen
t, fi
naliz
ed in
Dec
embe
r 19
92, i
sas
fol
low
s:M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
is a
com
-m
unity
of
dive
rse
peop
le w
ho v
alue
dif
fer-
ence
s an
d de
mon
stra
te a
npre
ciat
ion
for
thes
edi
ffer
ence
s th
roug
h th
eir
h. te
ract
ions
with
eac
hot
her
and
with
the
larg
er c
omm
unity
.T
he C
olle
ge r
ecog
nize
s a
resp
onsi
bilit
y to
prom
ote,
enc
oura
ge a
nd f
oste
r di
vers
ity b
yof
feri
ng a
for
um f
or o
pen
disc
ussi
on o
f57
vary
ing
view
poin
ts.
Facu
lty a
nd s
taff
are
com
mitt
ed to
cre
atin
ga
curr
icul
um a
nd a
lear
ning
env
iron
men
tw
hich
em
pow
ers
stud
ents
to b
ecom
e co
ntri
b-ut
ing
mem
bers
of
an in
crea
sing
lym
ultic
ultu
ral a
nd d
iver
se s
ocie
ty.
The
Col
lege
str
ives
to e
duca
te s
tude
nts,
empl
oyee
s an
d th
e co
mm
unity
abo
utdi
ffer
ence
s th
at e
xist
am
ong
peop
le, a
nd to
dim
inis
h fe
ar o
f an
incr
ease
und
erst
andi
ngab
out s
uch
diff
eren
ces.
The
Col
lege
enco
urag
esw
orks
hops
,se
min
ars,
publ
icat
ions
and
pro
ject
s th
at f
oste
r th
eun
ders
tand
ing
and
bene
fits
of
dive
rsity
and
enha
nce
shar
ed v
alue
s.St
aff
are
enco
urag
ed to
nur
ture
the
sens
i-tiv
ity a
nd m
utua
l res
pect
that
is f
unda
men
tal
to th
e su
cces
s of
div
ersi
ty b
y cr
eatin
g no
n-th
reat
enin
g in
telle
ctua
l and
soc
ial c
limat
esth
at p
rom
ote
free
dom
of
thou
ght,
spee
ch,
inno
vatio
n an
d cr
eativ
ity.
Obj
ectiv
e II
: Ide
ntif
y pe
rman
ent o
ffic
es/
grou
ps to
coo
rdin
ate
dive
rsity
act
iviti
es.
Ear
ly in
the
gran
t per
iod,
Met
ro c
reat
edan
d fi
lled
a ne
w a
dmin
istr
ativ
e po
sitio
n:co
ordi
nato
r of
Int
erna
tiona
l and
Int
ercu
ltura
lE
duca
tion.
Res
pons
ibili
ties
of th
is p
ositi
onin
clud
e pr
ovid
ing
stud
ents
, sta
ff a
nd c
om-
mun
ity m
embe
rs w
ith c
ours
es, p
rogr
ams,
staf
f de
velo
pmen
t, cu
ltura
l act
iviti
es a
nd a
reso
urce
cen
ter
to p
rom
ote
cultu
ral d
iver
sity
and
inte
rnat
iona
l edu
catio
n.A
n in
-hou
se g
rant
wri
tten
by th
e ne
w c
oor-
dina
tor
prov
ided
the
begi
nnin
gs o
f an
amba
ssad
or p
rogr
am f
or in
tern
atio
nal
stud
ents
at M
etro
. Stu
dent
am
bass
ador
s w
illhe
lp m
ake
the
Col
lege
mor
e ac
cess
ible
toin
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
by p
rovi
ding
gui
danc
ein
suc
h ar
eas
as a
dmis
sion
s, c
ouns
elin
g an
d58
fman
cial
aid
, as
wel
l as
assi
stin
g w
ith c
ampu
sto
urs,
lang
uage
bar
rier
s an
d en
cour
agin
gpa
rtic
ipat
ion
by in
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
inM
etro
act
iviti
es.
Cho
sen
on th
e ba
sis
of th
eir
esta
blis
hed
lead
ersh
ip a
bilit
ies
and
spec
ial t
alen
ts,
amba
ssad
ors
rece
ive
half
-tui
tion
reim
burs
emen
t for
thei
r se
rvic
e. T
he p
rogr
amgi
ves
thes
ein
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
anop
port
unity
to p
ut th
eir
lead
ersh
ip a
bilit
ies
into
pra
ctic
e in
a n
ew c
ount
ry.
Obj
ectiv
e II
I: O
ffer
sta
ff d
evel
opm
ent o
nle
ader
ship
for
all
staf
f.B
egin
ning
in J
anua
ry 1
992,
fou
r M
etro
staf
fmem
bers
(on
e ad
min
istr
ativ
e, th
ree
clas
-si
fied
), in
clud
ing
the
Bea
con
proj
ect c
oord
i-na
tor,
par
ticip
ated
in th
e 19
92 U
nive
rsity
of
Neb
rask
a E
quity
Ins
titut
e L
eade
rshi
p Id
enti-
fica
tion
proj
ect.
The
pro
gram
, con
sist
ing
of a
sei ,
!s o
f th
ree
wor
ksho
ps in
Feb
ruar
y, M
arch
and
May
, add
ress
ed is
sues
suc
h as
per
sona
lpo
wer
, org
aniz
atio
nal d
esig
n an
d de
cisi
onm
akin
g. E
ach
part
icip
ant a
lso
deve
lope
d a
fiel
d pr
ojec
t des
igne
d to
str
engt
hen
her
inst
itutio
n.In
Oct
ober
199
2, M
etro
beg
an a
man
age-
men
t dev
elop
men
t pro
gram
ope
n to
all
clas
sifi
catio
ns o
f em
ploy
ees.
Rec
ogni
zing
that
ther
e ar
e m
anag
emen
t com
pone
nts
toev
ery
job,
this
ser
ies
of m
odul
es e
ncou
rage
dal
l sta
ffto
gai
n or
enh
ance
man
agem
ent s
kills
.T
he s
erie
s co
nsis
ted
of s
even
mod
ules
: lis
-te
ning
, del
egat
ion,
con
duct
ing
perf
orm
ance
appr
aisa
ls, c
reat
ive
deci
sion
mak
ing,
pro
b-le
m s
olvi
ng, p
roje
ct m
anag
emen
t and
mee
t-in
g m
anag
emen
t.B
eaco
n fu
nds
also
ena
bled
a M
etro
En-
glis
h in
stru
ctor
to w
ork
for
a sh
ort p
erio
d on
a re
leas
e-tim
e ba
sis
to d
evel
op a
mul
ticul
tura
l2c
y
sylla
bus
for
a co
mpo
sitio
n cl
ass.
Thi
s m
odul
eis
now
ava
ilabl
e to
oth
er f
acul
ty w
ho m
ay w
ant
to in
corp
orat
e id
eas,
rea
ding
s or
oth
er a
spec
tsof
the
clas
s in
to o
ther
cou
rses
.
Obj
ectiv
e IV
: Con
tinue
to o
ffer
art
s/m
ultic
ultu
ral a
ctiv
ities
for
sta
ff a
ndst
uden
ts.
Nat
ive
Am
eric
an w
eek
was
cel
ebra
ted
atM
etro
Apr
il 3-
10, 1
992.
Act
iviti
es in
clud
ed a
slid
e pr
esen
tatio
n de
pict
ing
Nat
ive
Am
eric
anSa
cred
Pla
ces
thro
ugho
ut th
e U
nite
d St
ates
, atr
aditi
onal
Nat
ive
Am
eric
an lu
nche
on, f
ilmfe
stiv
als
at e
ach
of th
e th
ree
mai
n ca
mpu
ses,
adr
amat
ic p
rese
ntat
ion
by y
outh
fro
m a
loca
lch
ildre
n's
thea
ter
mul
ticul
tura
l pro
gram
, a h
and
gam
e to
urna
men
t, an
d a
perf
orm
ance
by
Na-
tive
Am
eric
an f
lutis
t and
hoo
p da
ncer
Kev
inL
ocke
. Loc
ke' s
app
eara
nce
was
fun
ded
join
tlyby
Met
ro a
nd a
gra
nt f
rom
the
Neb
rask
a A
rts
Cou
ncil.
Four
Aus
tria
n ex
chan
ge s
tude
nts
from
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f V
ienn
a at
tend
ed a
fiv
e-w
eek
sum
mer
ses
sion
at M
etro
's E
lkho
rn V
alle
yC
ampu
s. S
tude
nts
wer
e ho
used
with
Met
rost
aff
duri
ng th
eir
stay
. A r
ecep
tion
for
the
visi
tors
was
hel
d on
Jul
y 27
to e
nabl
e th
em to
shar
e th
eir
expe
rien
ces
with
Met
ro s
tude
nts
and
staf
f."S
eein
g w
ith N
ew E
yes"
was
the
them
e of
the
Qui
ncen
tenn
ial c
eleb
ratio
n of
Col
umbu
s'ar
riva
l in
the
"New
Wor
ld."
Fro
m J
uly
thro
ugh
Oct
ober
, Met
ro f
acul
ty, s
tude
nts,
sta
ff a
nd th
esu
rrou
ndin
g co
mm
unity
par
ticip
ated
in d
oz-
ens
of e
ven'
s de
sign
ed to
stim
ulat
e th
e di
scov
-er
y of
new
idea
s by
cha
lleng
ing
part
icip
ants
tooo
k "w
ith n
ew e
yes"
at o
ther
cul
ture
s. I
nclu
ded
wer
e sp
ecia
l spe
aker
s, f
ilms
and
ethn
ic a
rtdi
spla
ys. T
his
was
als
o th
e th
eme
of M
etro
'sFa
ll O
peni
ng D
ay a
ctiv
ities
to k
ick
off
the
59
1992
-93
acad
emic
yea
r.Se
ptem
ber
14 th
ough
18
was
His
pani
cH
erita
ge W
eek
at M
etro
. Eve
nts
on a
ll th
ree
mai
n ca
mpu
ses
incl
uded
mar
iach
i ban
ds,
ethn
ic f
oods
and
sev
eral
spe
aker
s.O
n Se
ptem
ber
19, M
etro
's F
ort O
mah
aC
ampu
s ho
sted
an
inte
rtri
bal c
eleb
ratio
n. T
his
even
t, w
hich
bro
ught
toge
ther
fiv
e lo
cal
Nat
ive
Am
eric
an tr
ibes
-- P
onca
, Lak
ota
Siou
x, O
mah
a, W
inne
bago
, and
San
tee
Siou
x--
was
org
aniz
ed to
pro
vide
an
oppo
rtun
ity f
orN
ativ
e A
mer
ican
s in
Om
aha
and
surr
ound
ing
area
s to
cel
ebra
te th
eir
hist
ory
and
cultu
re.
Obj
ectiv
e V
: Dev
elop
lead
ersh
ip p
oten
tial
amon
g al
l sta
ff.
As
a fi
eld
proj
ect f
or th
e "L
eade
rs f
or th
e90
s" p
rogr
am, I
wor
ked
to d
evel
op th
is p
ar-
ticul
ar a
ctio
n pl
an g
oal.
At t
he f
inal
mee
ting
of th
e pr
ogra
m, I
pre
sent
ed a
pla
n to
exp
lore
esta
blis
hing
a c
aree
r gr
owth
and
dev
elop
-m
ent p
rogr
am a
nd v
olun
tary
car
eer
path
ing
for
clas
sifi
ed a
nd o
pera
tions
and
mai
nten
ance
staf
f at
Met
ro. T
he p
rogr
am, a
coo
pera
tive
effo
rt in
volv
ing
the
Col
lege
's h
uman
reso
urce
s, s
taff
dev
elop
men
t and
cou
nsel
ing
offi
ces,
will
ena
ble
Met
ro to
pin
poin
t qua
li-fi
ed s
taff
for
inte
rnal
lead
ersh
ip p
ositi
ons
and
mak
e us
e of
lead
ersh
ip p
oten
tial w
hich
may
othe
rwis
e be
mis
sed.
It w
ill a
lso
emph
asiz
eM
etro
's d
edic
atio
n to
enc
oura
ging
the
pro-
fess
iona
l and
per
sona
l gro
wth
of
all s
taff
.M
etro
als
o de
velo
ped
a m
ento
ring
pro
-gr
am f
or a
ll ne
w e
mpl
oyee
s. T
his
lead
ersh
ipop
port
unity
for
Col
lege
sta
ff c
onsi
sts
oftr
aine
d vo
lunt
eer
men
tors
who
are
mat
ched
with
new
em
ploy
ees
from
the
sam
e jo
bcl
assi
fica
tions
. Men
tors
ans
wer
que
stio
nsab
out C
olle
geni
vitie
s an
d en
cour
age
par-
ticip
atio
n am
ong
new
em
ploy
es. T
hey
also
offe
r ad
vice
on
whe
re to
get
info
rmat
ion
onC
olle
ge P
olic
ies
and
proc
edur
es.
Obj
ectiv
e V
I: I
nves
tigat
e ne
w r
ecru
itmen
tm
etho
ds f
or u
nder
-rep
rese
nted
gro
ups.
A r
ough
dra
ft o
fa "
grow
you
r ow
n pe
rson
-ne
l" p
rogr
am w
as d
evel
oped
thro
ugh
the
Bea
con
gran
t. T
he in
tent
ion
of th
is p
lan
is to
iden
tify
poss
ible
fut
ure
empl
oyee
s fr
omam
ong
prom
isin
g st
uden
ts, v
olun
teer
s an
dm
embe
rs o
fthe
par
t-tim
e pe
rson
nel p
ool w
ho,
beca
use
of th
eir
empl
oym
ent a
nd/o
r vo
lun-
teer
ser
vice
at M
etro
, hav
e ac
quir
ed s
kills
and
know
ledg
e w
hich
wou
ld e
nhan
ce th
eir
chan
ces
of p
erm
anen
t em
ploy
men
t at t
heC
olle
ge. A
t thi
s w
ritin
g, 3
6.7
perc
ent o
f th
ese
pote
ntia
l em
ploy
ees
wer
e fr
om m
inor
itygr
oups
. If
inst
itute
d, th
is p
lan
coul
d in
crea
seth
e lik
elih
ood
of h
irin
g ad
ditio
nal q
ualif
ied
min
ority
sta
ff.
Obj
ectiv
e V
II: E
ncou
rage
the
deve
lopm
ent
of le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty w
ithin
the
clas
s-ro
om a
nd o
n ca
mpu
s by
rec
ogni
tion
ofst
uden
t lea
ders
.Pi
ctur
es o
fthe
inco
min
g St
uden
t Lif
e C
oun-
cil p
resi
dent
s on
eac
h ca
mpu
s an
d ot
her
offi
c-er
s w
ill b
e ta
ken
afte
r th
e sp
ring
ele
ctio
n.T
hese
pho
togr
aphs
will
be
disp
laye
d in
the
com
mon
s ar
ea o
f ea
ch c
ampu
s. N
ews
rele
ases
ann
ounc
ing
the
resu
lts o
f th
e el
ec-
tion
will
be
sent
to th
e lo
cal m
edia
.
Obj
ectiv
e V
III:
Ser
ve a
s a
reso
urce
on
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
for
the
Om
aha
com
mun
ity.
On
Nov
embe
r 21
, 199
1, M
etro
spo
nsor
eda
sem
inar
on
wor
kpla
ce d
iver
sity
issu
es. T
heco
nfer
ence
, "C
halle
nges
of
Div
ersi
ty, L
ead-
ersh
ip a
nd C
omm
itmen
t," w
as d
esig
ned
to29
focu
s on
div
ersi
ty a
war
enes
s an
d th
e be
nefi
tsof
dev
elop
ing
prog
ram
s to
han
dle
empl
oyee
dive
rsity
.D
urin
g th
e su
mm
er a
nd f
all o
f 19
92, M
etro
'sC
ente
r fo
r B
usin
ess
and
Indu
stry
pre
sent
ed a
seri
es o
f 12
wor
ksho
ps d
ealin
g w
ith th
e to
pic
of d
iver
sity
in th
e w
orkp
lace
. Eac
h m
odul
e of
the
seri
es a
ddre
ssed
an
area
ofd
iffe
renc
e am
ong
peop
le a
nd h
ow s
uch
diff
eren
ces
can
beef
fect
ivel
y m
anag
ed to
fos
ter
a pr
oduc
tive,
coop
erat
ive
wor
k en
viro
nmen
t.
Obj
ectiv
e IX
: Com
mun
icat
e in
form
atio
nab
out t
he p
roje
ct.
Dur
ing
the
life
of th
e gr
ant,
man
y ar
ticle
sw
ere
feat
ured
inM
etro
's w
eekl
y em
ploy
eene
wsl
ette
r. T
he g
rant
new
slet
ter,
The
Gre
atPl
ains
Bea
con,
was
incl
uded
in p
acke
ts d
istr
ib-
uted
mon
thly
to th
e C
olle
ge B
oard
ofG
over
nors
and
was
wid
ely
dist
ribu
ted
to o
ther
inte
rest
edin
stitu
tions
and
indi
vidu
als,
as
wel
l as
with
in th
eC
olle
ge. T
he c
ircu
latio
n lis
t gre
w f
rom
115
to24
0 re
ader
s du
ring
the
dura
tion
of th
e pr
ojec
t.E
xten
sive
pla
nnin
g cu
lmin
ated
in th
e en
d-of
-pro
ject
tele
conf
eren
ce,
"Ach
ievi
ngL
eade
rshi
p D
iver
sity
: Edu
catio
n's
Cha
l-le
nge,
"hel
d on
Nov
embe
r 20
, 199
2. T
his
live,
natio
nal t
elec
onfe
renc
e fe
atur
ed a
nat
iona
llykn
own
cons
ulta
nt o
n w
orkp
lace
div
ersi
tyis
sues
, Dr.
Vap
orde
al S
ande
rs, M
etro
Pres
iden
t J. R
icha
rd G
illila
nd, a
nd L
izD
oher
ty, t
rain
ing
dire
ctor
at F
irst
Nat
iona
lB
ank
in O
mah
a. T
he te
leco
nfer
ence
was
view
ed b
y 39
inst
itutio
ns n
atio
nally
, and
by
75lo
cal b
usin
ess
and
indu
stry
par
ticip
ants
in a
loca
l aud
ienc
e at
Met
ro's
Elk
horn
Val
ley
Cam
pus.
Dr.
San
ders
, Dr.
Gill
iland
and
Ms.
Doh
erty
wer
e av
aila
ble
to th
e lo
cal a
udie
nce
for
a qu
estio
n-an
d-an
swer
ses
sion
hel
dim
med
iate
ly f
ollo
win
g th
e te
leca
st.
61
ateh
tatio
itsY
eatte
,440
al W
este
m(G
rech
Lar
ry B
olan
osM
inor
ity A
ffai
rs C
oord
inat
oran
d B
eaco
n A
ssoc
iate
Col
lege
Coo
rdin
ator
Wes
tern
Iow
a T
ech
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge,
Siou
x C
ity, I
owa
Siou
x C
ity, I
owa,
loca
ted
in a
tri-
stat
e ar
ea,
is u
nder
goin
g a
maj
or d
emog
raph
ic tr
ansi
tion.
The
Sio
ux la
nd m
inor
ity c
omm
unity
isex
peri
enci
ng tr
emen
dous
gro
wth
. An
exam
ple
of th
is r
apid
pac
e is
the
Siou
x la
nd H
ispa
nic
popu
latio
n, w
hich
has
mor
e th
an d
oubl
edsi
nce
1980
. Cen
sus
figu
res
show
that
the
Siou
x la
nd H
ispa
nic
com
mun
ity h
as s
een
a14
3 pe
rcen
t inc
reas
e! O
ther
rec
ogni
zed
and
grow
ing
min
ority
com
mun
ities
, in
orde
r of
thei
r pe
rcen
tage
of
grow
th, a
re th
e So
uthe
ast
Asi
ans,
Nat
ive
Am
eric
ans
and
Afr
ican
Am
eric
ans.
The
Bea
con
gran
t pro
vide
d an
exc
elle
ntan
d tim
ely
oppo
rtun
ity to
dev
elop
and
impl
emen
t wor
king
par
tner
ship
s w
ithSi
ouxl
and
colle
ges
and
the
com
mun
ity to
expa
nd a
nd s
uppo
rtW
este
rn I
owa
Tec
hC
omm
unity
Col
lege
's (
WIT
CC
) vi
sion
of
62le
lers
hip
dive
rsity
.E
xam
ples
of
som
e of
the
Siou
xlan
d
colle
ge p
artn
ersh
ips
and
coop
erat
ive
ven-
ture
s in
clud
e th
ose
with
: Sio
ux C
ity's
Mor
ning
side
Col
lege
and
its
Indi
an S
tudi
esde
part
men
t; th
e In
dian
Alli
ance
gro
up a
nd it
sst
uden
t act
iviti
es p
rogr
am; t
he U
nive
rsity
of
Sout
h D
akot
a in
Ver
mill
ion
and
coop
erat
ive
vent
ures
with
the
Dep
artm
ent o
f St
uden
ts f
orC
ivil
and
Hum
an R
ight
s; a
nd W
ayne
Sta
teC
olle
ge in
Way
ne, N
ebra
ska
and
prog
ram
sw
ith th
e A
fric
an S
tude
nts
Ass
ocia
tion.
Ano
ther
exa
mpl
e w
as a
coo
pera
tive,
wel
-co
min
g pr
ogra
m f
or in
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
cond
ucte
d w
ith lo
cal c
ity c
olle
ges.
The
re w
as s
hari
ng o
f pr
ogra
m a
nd s
emin
arin
form
atio
n de
alin
g w
ithdi
vers
ity,
mul
ticul
tura
lism
and
rac
ism
.W
ITC
C r
ecei
ved
pers
onal
invi
tatio
ns f
orou
r st
uden
ts a
nd f
acul
ty to
atte
ndot
her
col-
lege
pro
gram
s, s
uch
as f
ree
ticke
ts f
or o
urst
uden
ts to
see
a c
ultu
ral d
ance
pre
sent
ed b
yan
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
dent
fro
mSp
ain.
We
also
rece
ived
invi
tatio
ns to
atte
nd s
emin
ars
onw
omen
and
dis
abili
ties,
and
to h
ear
spec
ial
spea
kers
suc
h as
Shi
rley
Chi
shol
m, t
he f
irst
Bla
ck A
mer
ican
wom
an e
ver
elec
ted
to th
eU
.S. C
ongr
ess,
who
spo
ke a
t the
Uni
vers
ityof
Sou
th D
akot
a.30
Eth
nic
Her
itage
Cel
ebra
tions
Our
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
pro
gram
at W
ITC
C,
thro
ugh
cele
brat
ion,
rec
ogni
tion
and
disp
lays
,in
clud
ed o
bser
vanc
es o
f va
riou
s m
onth
s as
ethn
ic h
erita
ge m
onth
s. T
hose
mon
ths
wer
e:Se
ptem
ber,
His
pani
c H
erita
ge M
onth
; Nov
em-
ber,
Ind
ian
Her
itage
Mon
th; a
nd F
ebru
ary,
Bla
ck H
isto
ry M
onth
. The
latte
r in
clud
ed a
scho
ol a
nd c
omm
unity
-wid
e pr
ogra
m p
re-
sent
ed b
y D
r. C
.T. V
ivia
n, w
ell-
know
n au
thor
,sp
eake
r an
d ci
vil r
ight
s ac
tivis
t. D
r. V
ivia
nsp
oke
on "
Bla
ck H
isto
ry: E
duca
tion
from
aM
ultic
ultu
ral P
ersp
ectiv
e."
Mar
ch w
as c
el-
ebra
ted
as W
omen
's H
isto
ry M
onth
and
inM
ay w
e pa
rtic
ipat
ed in
a M
exic
an/M
exic
anA
mer
ican
cel
ebra
tion
of C
inco
de
May
o. I
nA
pril,
WIT
CC
took
a s
peci
al o
ppor
tuni
ty to
reco
gniz
e th
e "D
ays
of R
emem
bran
ce,"
ac-
know
ledg
ing
the
Hol
ocau
st a
nd th
e N
azis
'ex
term
inat
ion
of s
ix m
illio
n Je
ws.
A f
ilm e
n-tit
led
"The
Hol
ocau
st"
was
sho
wn,
aft
er w
hich
grou
p di
scus
sion
s w
ere
led
byW
ITC
C in
-st
ruct
ors.
Spec
ific
indi
vidu
als,
age
ncie
s an
d th
e co
m-
mun
ity a
s a
who
le w
ere
invi
ted
to a
nd p
artic
i-pa
ted
in th
ese
on-c
ampu
s ac
tiviti
es.
63 -,
Com
mun
ity L
inks
The
Bea
con
gran
t als
o pr
esen
ted
a ch
al-
leng
e an
d a
link
to th
e co
mm
unity
in im
ple-
men
ting
dive
rsity
pro
gram
s. O
ne s
peci
al e
vent
stan
ds o
ut. T
he m
onth
of
Febr
uary
199
2,of
fere
d an
opp
ortu
nity
to w
ork
on a
join
tin
-ser
vice
pro
gram
con
duct
ed b
y W
ITC
Can
d th
e C
ity o
f Si
oux
City
.T
he in
-ser
vice
pro
gram
, cal
led
"Aw
are-
ness
," p
rovi
ded
brea
kout
ses
sion
s on
sex
ual
hara
ssm
ent,
cultu
ral d
iver
sity
and
aff
irm
a-tiv
e ac
tion.
The
Col
lege
ext
ende
d an
ope
nin
vita
tion
to th
e co
mm
unity
and
the
resp
onse
was
trem
endo
us, w
ith m
ore
than
300
peo
ple
atte
ndin
g th
e da
y-lo
ng e
vent
.H
ighl
ight
s of
the
inse
rvic
e in
clud
ed, a
t the
lunc
heon
, a s
peci
al p
rogr
am p
rese
nted
by
the
Mt.
Oliv
e B
aptis
t Chu
rch
Cho
ir, r
ejoi
cing
inso
ng o
ur c
eleb
ratio
n of
Bla
ck H
isto
ry M
onth
.A
lso,
a f
ree
guid
e w
as d
evel
oped
ent
itled
"Ser
vice
s fo
r Pe
ople
of
Div
erse
Cul
ture
s"w
hich
pre
sent
ed a
list
ing
of in
divi
dual
s an
dag
enci
es w
orki
ng w
ith o
ur m
inor
ity c
omm
u-ni
ty.
And
, fin
ally
, a s
peci
al v
ideo
was
pre
sent
edw
hich
pra
ised
Sio
ux C
ity's
cul
tura
l div
er-
sity
. The
vid
eo, "
Siou
x C
ity: T
he A
ll-A
mer
i-ca
n C
ity, L
ivin
g U
p to
Its
Nam
e,"
was
pro
-du
ced
by W
ITC
C a
s a
publ
ic s
ervi
ce a
ndco
ntin
ues
to b
e us
ed to
pro
mot
e ou
rco
mm
unity
's d
iver
sity
to th
e pu
blic
via
civ
icgr
oups
, pub
lic m
eetin
gs, o
rien
tatio
n fo
r ne
wfa
culty
and
stu
dent
s gr
oups
and
eve
n re
ales
tate
off
ices
. We
have
sha
red
this
vid
eo w
ithnu
mer
ous
com
mun
ity a
genc
ies,
the
Cha
m-
ber
of C
omm
erce
, the
Sio
uxla
nd U
nite
d W
ayof
fice
, and
eve
n ou
r di
stri
ct's
Con
gres
sion
alof
fice
.A
ppro
xim
atel
y 50
peo
ple
from
the
Col
lege
,
64
the
city
, the
com
mun
ity, a
s w
ell a
s ke
ym
embe
rs o
f th
e B
eaco
n gr
ant "
Do
It"
team
wer
e in
volv
ed in
the
plan
ning
and
deve
lopm
ent o
f th
is in
-ser
vice
. The
re w
ere
two
part
icul
ars
I be
lieve
con
trib
uted
to th
esu
cces
s of
the
prog
ram
:
1. W
ith c
hang
ing
dem
ogra
phic
s, th
ere
is a
need
for
pro
gram
s on
"aw
aren
ess"
in o
urco
mm
unity
.
2. W
ITC
C is
com
ing
to b
e re
cogn
ized
as
ale
ader
in a
ddre
ssin
g is
sues
on
dive
rsity
and
prov
idin
g op
port
uniti
es f
or in
sigh
t and
en-
light
enm
ent.
Inte
rnal
Sup
port
In c
oncl
usio
n, th
e op
port
unity
to r
ecog
-ni
ze, d
evel
op, p
lan
and
impl
emen
t pro
gram
son
div
ersi
ty a
t WIT
CC
was
rea
lized
bec
ause
of th
ree
thin
gs:
I. T
he p
rivi
lege
of
bein
g pa
rt o
f th
e B
eaco
npr
ojec
t alo
ng w
ith n
ine
othe
r co
mm
unity
colle
ges.
We
wer
e gi
ven
an o
ppor
tuni
ty to
be
crea
tive
and
mak
e fu
ll us
e of
the
tale
nts
and
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
with
in o
ur c
omm
unity
colle
ge.
2. H
ad it
not
bee
n fo
r th
e su
ppor
t of
our
facu
lty a
nd s
taff
and
rec
ogni
zed
com
mun
ityle
ader
s, th
e vi
deo,
our
in-s
ervi
ce p
rogr
aman
d th
e cu
ltura
l pro
gram
s w
ould
not
hav
ebe
en p
ossi
ble.
3. A
com
mitm
ent f
rom
our
pre
side
nt,
Dr.
Rob
ert D
unke
r, w
ho h
as le
d th
e w
ay, b
yex
ampl
e, to
pro
vide
, hir
e an
d ac
com
mod
ate
dive
rsity
. Som
e ca
ses
in p
oint
are
the
hiri
ngof
Ms.
Cyn
di C
hen,
a n
ativ
e of
Chi
na, w
ho is
our
curr
icul
um d
evel
oper
/inst
ruct
or, a
ndD
r. K
athr
yn B
raile
r, a
for
mer
Met
ropo
litan
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge v
ice-
pres
iden
t, fo
r th
e
3>
posi
tion
of e
xecu
tive
vice
-pre
side
nt f
orin
stru
ctio
n at
WIT
CC
.St
rong
eff
orts
con
tinue
to e
nsur
e th
at th
ere
crui
tmen
t and
sel
ectio
n pr
oces
s fo
r no
sitio
nsat
WIT
CC
incl
ude
peop
le o
f co
lor,
wom
en a
ndin
divi
dual
s w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s. T
his
proc
ess
iscl
earl
y no
ted
by o
ur A
ffir
mat
ive
Act
ion
com
-m
ittee
whe
n th
e fi
nalis
ts f
or th
e vi
ce-p
resi
dent
for
inst
ruct
ion
posi
tion
incl
uded
wom
en a
nd a
Nat
ive
Am
eric
an a
pplic
ant.
The
Bea
con
proj
ect,
alon
g w
ith D
r. D
unke
r'sen
cour
agem
ent,
have
hel
ped
me
and
othe
rs to
disc
over
our
pot
entia
l and
to a
ppre
ciat
e th
eva
lue
of d
iver
sity
. Lea
ders
hip
dive
rsity
is b
eing
achi
eved
at W
ITC
C. 65
To
Me
g747
esho
ld o
fena
gfw
eea
tte4s
h0,O
ie&
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st&
ritef
e*ba
sha
aliti
mbi
tiOal
iegv
e
6 6
Dr.
M. J
ane
Hun
ter
Ass
ista
nt D
ean
of E
duca
tiona
l Ser
vice
s an
dB
eaco
n A
ssoc
iate
Col
lege
Pro
ject
Coo
rdin
ator
Wes
tern
Neb
rask
a C
omm
unity
Col
lege
,Sc
otts
bluf
f, N
ebra
ska
Dur
ing
the
two-
year
per
iod
in w
hich
Wes
tern
Neb
rask
a C
omm
unity
Col
lege
(WN
CC
) to
ok p
art i
n th
e B
eaco
n pr
ojec
t in
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
, a n
umbe
r of
impo
rtan
tev
ents
took
pla
ce. T
he C
olle
ge c
erta
inly
was
not t
he s
ame
inst
itutio
n at
the
end
of th
epr
ojec
that
it w
as a
t the
beg
inni
ng. T
o w
hat
exte
nt th
e B
eaco
n pr
ojec
t was
res
pons
ible
for
thes
e ch
ange
s is
not
eas
ily d
eter
min
ed.
Perh
aps
the
fact
that
WN
CC
was
on
the
thre
shol
d of
cha
nge
is w
hat c
ause
d ou
r or
igi-
nal p
artic
ipat
ion
in th
e pr
ojec
t. It
is li
kely
that
a va
riet
y of
cau
ses
prec
ipita
ted
the
chan
ges
and
even
ts w
hich
took
pla
ce a
t the
Col
lege
thro
ugho
ut th
e la
st tw
o ye
ars.
Tar
getin
g Y
oung
er S
tude
nts
In te
rms
of g
ener
al c
ultu
ral a
war
enes
s,
ther
e ha
ve b
een
seve
ral e
xam
ples
of
chan
ge.
Thr
ough
a T
itle
111
gran
t to
WN
CC
, an
offi
ce o
f m
ultic
ultu
ral a
ffai
rs o
pene
d in
Janu
ary
1992
, sta
ffed
by
a di
rect
or a
nd a
coun
selo
r. T
his
shou
ld d
o, a
nd a
lrea
dy h
asdo
ne, m
uch
to o
pen
door
s at
the
Col
lege
for
stud
ents
of
diff
eren
t cul
ture
s. F
or m
any
year
s,W
NC
C h
as h
ad a
His
pani
c A
dvis
ory
Com
mitt
ee (
HA
C)
whi
ch h
as a
llow
ed c
om-
mun
ity m
embe
rs to
wor
k w
ith C
olle
gepe
rson
nel t
o im
prov
e ed
ucat
iona
l opp
ortu
n-iti
es f
orH
ispa
nic
peop
le. N
ot o
nly
are
stud
ents
enco
urag
ed to
enr
oll a
t the
Col
lege
, but
maj
oref
fort
s ar
e ta
rget
ed to
war
d yo
unge
: stu
dent
s--
hig
h sc
hool
and
mid
dle
scho
ol -
- to
kee
pth
em in
sch
ool.
Thi
s w
hole
pro
ject
is s
een
byth
e C
olle
ge a
s a
way
to d
evel
op le
ader
ship
dive
rsity
. Stu
dent
s w
ill n
ever
bec
ome
lead
ers
if th
ey d
o no
t com
plet
e sc
hool
. The
y ne
ed n
oton
ly to
con
tinue
thei
r ed
ucat
ion
but a
lso
tose
e H
ispa
nic
pers
ons
in le
ader
ship
pos
ition
s,su
ch a
s th
e in
divi
dual
s in
the
WN
CC
cen
ter,
as r
ole
mod
els
for
thei
r ow
n ca
reer
s.In
add
ition
, a N
ativ
e A
mer
ican
Adv
isor
y
32
com
mitt
ee b
egan
in 1
992.
Thi
s gr
oup
oper
ates
muc
h lik
e th
e H
AC
in h
elpi
ng N
ativ
eA
mer
ican
stu
dent
s w
ho a
re a
lrea
dy e
nrol
led
and
build
ing
brid
ges
to e
ncou
rage
oth
er o
lder
and
youn
ger
stud
ents
to e
nrol
l as
wel
l. In
Sept
embe
r 19
92, W
NC
C a
nd th
e E
agle
Sta
rC
ounc
il, a
loca
l Nat
ive
Am
eric
an g
roup
, spo
n-so
red
a N
ebra
ska
Am
eric
an I
ndia
n D
ays
cele
brat
ion.
The
two-
day
even
t fea
ture
d va
ri-
ous
cere
mon
ies
invo
lvin
g te
epee
rai
sing
, hoo
pda
ncin
g an
d na
me
rece
ivin
g. T
his
was
hel
d at
WN
CC
and
atte
nded
by
publ
ic s
choo
l chi
l-dr
en, c
olle
ge s
tude
nts
and
the
gene
ral p
ublic
.
Wor
king
With
Sta
ffT
he C
olle
ge h
as u
sed
staf
f de
velo
pmen
t as
am
eans
of
fost
erin
g le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty a
ndcu
ltura
l aw
aren
ess
in g
ener
al. D
urin
g th
e su
m-
mer
of
1992
, a h
alf-
day
sess
ion
was
hel
d fo
rad
min
istr
ator
s an
d pr
ofes
sion
al s
taff
on
sexu
alha
rass
men
t. A
sim
ilar
sess
ion
was
hel
d fo
rfa
culty
in th
e fa
ll. I
n O
ctob
er 1
992,
an
all-
day
sess
ion
was
hel
d fo
r fa
culty
, adm
inis
trat
ors
and
prof
essi
onal
sta
ff ti
tled
"Int
ercu
ltura
lc
7
Com
mun
icat
ion.
" T
his
was
pre
sent
ed b
yD
r. C
arol
yna
Smile
y-M
arqu
ez a
nd in
clud
edto
pics
suc
h as
cul
ture
and
fus
ion
into
cur
ricu
-lu
m a
nd c
ultu
re in
the
clas
sroo
m.
Div
ersi
ty r
elat
ed to
per
sons
with
inte
rna-
tiona
l bac
kgro
unds
was
als
o a
part
cc.
the
Col
lege
sce
ne d
urin
g th
e la
st tw
o ye
ars.
The
Bea
con
proj
ect c
omm
ittee
spo
nsor
ed a
sess
ion
at th
e en
d of
the
Col
lege
yea
r on
cultu
ral l
ife
in R
ussi
a. A
WN
CC
bus
ines
sin
stru
ctor
had
spe
nt s
ever
al w
eeks
in R
ussi
aas
par
t of
a go
vern
men
t-sp
onso
red
grou
p to
help
intr
oduc
e th
e m
arke
t con
cept
of
capi
tal-
ism
to R
ussi
an o
ffic
ials
. He
shar
ed h
is e
xpe-
rien
ces
alon
g w
ith s
l ide
s an
d ite
ms
purc
hase
din
Rus
sia
to p
rovi
de in
sigh
ts in
to c
ultu
ral
diff
eren
ces
betw
een
our
popu
latio
ns. T
heC
olle
ge c
urre
ntly
als
o ha
s fa
culty
or
prof
es-
sion
al s
taff
who
wer
e bo
rn in
Afg
hani
stan
,T
rini
dad,
Per
u, I
ndia
and
Chi
na.
Bec
ause
of
the
rela
tivel
y re
mot
e lo
catio
n
Ver
. 1
of W
NC
C, a
ttem
pts
are
mad
e to
mak
e th
ebe
st p
ossi
ble
use
of s
atel
lite
tele
conf
eren
ces.
The
spr
ing
1992
tele
conf
eren
ce ti
tled
"Mak
-in
g In
tern
atio
nal a
nd I
nter
cultu
ral E
duca
-tio
n W
ork"
was
atte
nded
by
a gr
oup
from
the
Col
lege
as
it oc
curr
ed, a
nd m
any
mor
ew
atch
ed th
e ta
pe a
t a la
ter
time.
The
Col
lege
also
dow
nlin
ked
the
Bea
con
tele
conf
eren
ceon
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
. As
a pa
rt o
f th
eB
eaco
n gr
ant,
a gr
oup
of m
ater
ials
, bot
h pr
int
and
non-
prin
t, ar
e be
ing
adde
d to
the
WN
CC
libra
ry to
leav
e a
lega
cy f
or f
utur
e st
uden
tsw
ho w
ish
to le
arn
mor
e ab
out c
ultu
ral a
ndle
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty.
Sere
ndip
itous
Cha
nge
Thr
ough
out t
he le
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty p
roje
ct,
WN
CC
has
take
n a
broa
d lo
ok a
t the
topi
c.W
e fe
lt th
at if
the
Col
lege
and
the
Com
mu-
nity
are
to h
ave
lead
ers
who
com
e fr
omdi
vers
e ba
ckgr
ound
s, w
e m
ust b
egin
by
wor
k-in
g w
ith c
olle
ge a
nd y
oung
er s
tude
nts
and
with
the
com
mun
ity a
s a
who
le to
bro
aden
cultu
ral a
war
enes
s an
d gi
ve p
erso
ns f
rom
adi
vers
e ba
ckgr
ound
the
conv
ictio
n th
at th
eyca
n su
rviv
e in
an
even
tual
lead
ersh
ip p
ositi
on.
The
wor
k of
the
advi
sory
com
mitt
ees
plus
the
Titl
e II
I ac
tiviti
es h
ave
cont
ribu
ted
imm
ense
lyin
hel
ping
this
occ
ur.
Sere
ndip
itous
ly, a
noth
er m
ajor
cha
nge
inle
ader
ship
div
ersi
ty o
ccur
red
this
yea
r. T
heca
mpu
s m
anag
er o
n th
e Si
dney
cam
pus
is a
wom
an, a
nd th
e ne
w v
ice-
pres
iden
t of
Edu
ca-
tiona
l Ser
vice
s is
His
pani
c. B
oth
of th
ese
indi
-vi
dual
s w
ere
hire
d to
tally
for
thei
r ou
tsta
ndin
gex
peri
ence
and
edu
catio
n, b
ut th
ey a
dd a
dim
ensi
on to
the
inst
itutio
n's
lead
ersh
ip te
amth
at w
as n
ever
pre
sent
bef
ore.
Now
whe
n th
eW
NC
C p
resi
dent
mee
ts w
ith h
is to
p ad
min
is-
trat
ors,
it is
a d
iver
se g
roup
.A
fter
the
last
two
year
s, it
can
trul
y be
sai
dth
at W
NC
C s
uppo
rts
dive
rsity
and
is c
ontin
uing
in it
s qu
est f
or in
crea
sed
lead
ersh
ip d
iver
sity
at
the
Col
lege
and
in th
e co
mm
unity
as
a w
hole
.
69
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ST C
UPV
70
dete
cted
Mih
tiogr
apik
r af
t Yea
z le
ts%
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i
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t exe
mpl
a/7g
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ein
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ttesh
p O
ieer
si&
AA
CJC
Com
mis
sion
on
Urb
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
s. M
inor
ities
inur
ban
com
mun
ity c
olle
ges:
tom
orro
w's
stu
dellt
hIC
KII
I. W
ashi
ngto
n.D
.C.:
AA
CJC
. (B
ookl
et)
Dis
cuss
es s
ever
al im
port
ant s
tudi
es r
elat
ed to
min
ority
rec
ruitm
ent,
rete
n-tio
n an
d su
cces
sful
tran
sfer
to b
acca
laur
eate
deg
ree-
gran
ting
inst
itutio
ns.
AA
CJC
and
11E
AT
H R
esou
rce
Cen
ter
of th
e A
mer
ican
Cou
ncil
onE
duca
tion.
Com
mos
ity c
olle
ges
and
stud
ents
with
dis
abili
ties:
a d
irec
-to
ry o
f se
rvic
es a
nd p
rogr
ams.
Was
hing
ton.
D.C
.: A
AC
JC..
(Mon
o-gr
aph)
Cha
rts
the
serv
ices
ava
ilabl
e to
stu
deni
s w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s at
two-
year
inst
itutio
ns. N
ames
of c
olle
ges,
pro
gram
con
tact
s an
d ph
one
num
bers
are
incl
uded
.
Alle
n, J
ames
Pau
l. W
e th
e_pe
ople
: an
atla
s of
Arn
e ri
c a'
s e
thni
c d
ive
rsiti
.
New
Yor
k: M
acm
illan
, 198
8.T
his
over
size
d re
fere
nce
book
fea
ture
s m
aps
and
dem
ogra
phic
info
rma-
tion
on th
e U
.S.,
deta
iling
whe
re s
peci
fic
ethn
ic g
roup
s an
d na
tiona
litie
sha
ve s
ettle
d an
d w
hy. A
n ex
tens
ive
inde
x is
par
ticul
arly
hel
pful
in lo
catin
gim
mig
rant
s to
the
U.S
. fro
m th
roug
hout
the
wor
ld. A
ppro
pria
te f
or s
taff
deve
lopm
ent f
unct
ions
and
dis
play
s; b
row
sers
tend
to a
ppro
ach
it in
itial
lyto
see
whe
re th
eir
own
ethn
ic g
roup
set
tled
and,
in th
e pr
oces
s, le
arn
new
fact
s ab
out t
he c
hang
ing
face
of
Am
eric
a's
popu
latio
n.
Ang
le. D
an a
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arre
ra, A
dria
na, e
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g m
inor
ity e
nrol
lmen
tan
d gr
owth
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dir
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ns f
or c
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unity
col
lege
s, S
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Thi
s so
urce
book
bri
ngs
toge
ther
rec
ent s
tudi
es a
nd s
ucce
ssfu
l pro
gram
sco
mm
unity
col
lege
s ca
n us
e to
rec
ruit,
ret
ain
and
bette
r se
rve
min
ority
stud
ents
. Par
ticul
ar a
ttent
ion
is g
iven
to is
sues
con
cern
ing
min
ority
stud
ent t
rans
fer
to f
our-
year
inst
itutio
ns a
nd p
rofe
ssio
nal d
evel
opm
ent o
fm
inor
ity s
taff
. Ang
le a
nd B
arre
ia a
re p
resi
dent
and
ass
ista
nt to
the
pres
iden
t, re
spec
tivel
y, a
t Aus
tin C
omm
unity
Col
lege
, one
of
the
Bea
con
asso
ciat
e co
llege
s. B
arre
ra is
on
the
Bea
con
proj
ect t
eam
at A
ustin
. The
irch
apte
rs a
re jo
ined
by
thos
e by
Exa
lton
Del
co, B
eaco
n co
ordi
nato
r at
Aus
tin, a
nd J
. Ric
hard
Gill
iland
, pre
side
nt o
f M
etro
polit
an C
omm
unity
Col
lege
.
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ry, J
ames
. Lov
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d pr
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1.C
onsi
sts
of s
mal
l ess
ays
abou
t lea
ders
hip
in a
cha
tty, c
onve
rsat
iona
l sty
le.
Som
ewha
t rem
inis
cent
of
Nat
asha
Jos
e fo
witz
' wri
ting
(Pat
hs to
pow
er,
b th
is w
here
Iw
aS g
oing
D, t
his
time
from
a m
ale
view
poin
t.
Bel
l, A
lan
P. li
omos
eara
litie
s; a
stu
dy o
f di
vers
ity a
mon
g m
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8.A
rep
ort o
f a
stud
y by
the
Inst
itute
for
Sex
Res
earc
h, th
is in
clud
es a
bibl
iogr
aphy
on
sexu
al o
rien
tatio
n to
pics
.
Ben
nis.
War
ren
cm_b
_eso
min
g a
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ew Y
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A d
diso
n-W
esle
yPu
blis
hing
Ca,
Inc
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89.
Prof
iles
28 le
ader
s, in
clud
ing
App
le's
Joh
n Sc
ulle
y, p
rodu
cer
Nor
man
Lea
ran
d fe
min
ist B
etty
Fru
xlan
in te
rms
of c
omm
on q
ualit
ies
and
kade
rshi
pst
yles
. Wnt
tcn
by a
pro
fizs
or o
f B
usin
ess
Adm
uust
rat i
on a
t the
Uni
vers
ity o
fSo
uthe
rn C
alif
orni
a, th
e ap
proa
ch is
som
ewha
t "gl
itzy"
with
its
emph
asis
on
big
nam
es, b
ut th
is m
ight
be
inte
rest
ing
to n
ewco
mer
s to
the
fiel
d.
Bla
uner
, Bob
. Bla
ck li
ves,
whi
te li
ves.
Thr
ee d
ecad
es o
f ra
ce r
elat
iona
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mer
ica,
Ber
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nive
rsity
of
Cal
ifor
nia
Pres
s, 1
989.
Exp
lore
s ra
ce r
elat
ions
with
in th
e co
ntex
t of
indi
vidu
al p
eopl
e's
lives
.Su
bjec
ts w
ere
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rvie
wed
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968,
197
8-79
and
198
6, e
xpla
inin
g ho
wth
eir
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fs c
hang
ed a
nd h
ow th
ey v
iew
ed s
ocia
l cha
nge.
Buc
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Cul
tura
l div
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anua
l. C
leve
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1.Pr
ofes
ses
to c
ompi
le th
e la
test
tren
ds a
nd is
sues
con
cern
ing
cultu
ral
d:ve
rsity
and
aca
dem
e al
thou
gh th
is p
ublic
atio
n su
ffer
s fr
om s
lopp
yed
iting
and
ove
r-em
phas
is o
n th
e po
litic
ally
cor
rect
mov
emen
t. Se
ctio
nson
stu
dent
pro
gram
s an
d st
rate
gies
for
suc
cess
, cur
ricu
lum
opt
ions
,sa
mpl
e co
urse
text
book
s an
d sy
llabi
are
the
mos
t use
ful.
The
aut
hor
isdi
rect
or o
f A
cade
mic
Aff
airs
at P
enn
Stat
e-O
gont
z.
But
ler,
Joh
nnel
la E
., an
d W
alte
r, J
ohn
C. T
rans
form
ing
the
curr
icul
umt
ethn
ic s
tudi
es a
nd w
omen
's s
tudi
es. S
tate
Uni
vers
ity o
fNew
Yor
k Pr
ess,
1991
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col
lect
ion
of e
ssay
s on
new
sch
olar
ship
, tea
chin
g st
rate
gies
and
mat
eria
lsth
at c
an h
elp
colle
ges
revi
se th
eir
curr
icul
a to
ref
lect
the
expe
rien
ces
ofw
omen
and
eth
nic
grou
ps.
Coh
en, S
usan
and
Dan
iel.
Whe
n so
meo
ne Y
OU
lia9
Y1
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ay. N
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M. E
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9.D
escr
ibes
the
hist
ory,
pos
sibl
e ca
uses
, and
soc
ial,
relig
ious
, and
pol
itica
las
pect
s of
bei
ng g
ay f
or b
oth
mal
es a
nd f
emal
es, w
ith a
n em
phas
is o
n th
epr
oble
ms
expe
rien
ced
by g
ay te
ens
in c
omin
g ou
t to
fam
ily a
nd f
rien
ds.
Edm
unds
, R. D
avid
. Am
eric
an I
ndia
n le
ader
s: s
tudi
es I
n di
vers
ity,
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coln
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vers
ity o
f N
ebra
ska
Pres
s, 1
980.
Incl
udes
cha
pter
s on
spe
cifi
c N
ativ
e A
mer
ican
lead
ers
who
rep
rese
ntdi
ffer
ent l
eade
rshi
p st
yles
, inc
ludi
ng R
ed B
ird,
Sitt
ing
Bul
l and
Mon
tezu
ma.
El P
aso
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mun
ity C
olle
ge.
tiona
l edu
catio
rr a
res
earc
h re
port
. Tex
as H
ighe
r E
duca
tion
Coo
rdin
at-
ing
Boa
rd, 1
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Thi
s re
port
dis
cuss
es a
two-
year
stu
dy o
n st
uden
t and
fac
ulty
per
cept
ions
of 1
.,,to
rs th
at e
nhan
ce a
nd im
pede
stu
dent
pro
gres
s in
com
plet
ing
tech
ni-
cal-
occu
patio
nal p
rogr
ams
in c
omm
unity
and
tech
nica
l col
lege
s in
Tex
as.
A b
iblio
grap
hy a
nd s
ampl
e su
rvey
s ar
e in
clud
ed.
Falu
di, S
usan
. Da
e W
ash;
the
unde
clar
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ar a
gain
st A
mer
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wom
en.
New
Yor
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row
n, 1
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Wan
Str
eet J
ourn
al r
epor
ter
Falu
di d
ecri
es w
hat h
as b
een
desc
ribe
d in
the
med
ia a
s w
omen
's d
issa
tisfa
ctio
n w
ith e
qual
ity a
nd li
fe o
utsi
de th
e ho
me.
She
desc
ribe
s th
e ph
enom
enon
as
a co
llect
ion
of p
reju
dice
s an
d m
yths
,pe
rpet
uate
d by
the
pres
s, th
e fa
shio
n an
d fi
lm in
dust
ries
and
ill-
info
rmed
auth
ors.
Som
e se
ctio
ns b
ear
read
ing
by th
ose
who
asc
ribe
to th
eori
es th
atea
ch g
ende
r ha
s un
ique
way
s of
"kn
owin
g,"
a vi
ewpo
int F
alud
i fin
dsth
reat
enin
g to
equ
ality
in th
e w
orkp
lace
.
Fish
er, G
len.
Int
erna
tiona
l neg
otia
tion:
a c
ros-
cultu
ral p
ersp
ecth
ig.
Chi
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ercu
ltura
l Pre
ss, 1
980.
Rel
ated
to d
iplo
mac
y is
sues
, thi
s w
ould
be
usef
ul to
thos
e in
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ines
s or
inte
rnat
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l rel
atio
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111
11.1
11
Ford
, Dav
id L
. Rea
ding
s in
min
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-gro
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. La
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ssoc
iate
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976.
Cov
ers
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oym
ent i
ssue
s, r
ace
rela
tions
, and
per
sonn
el m
anag
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t.
Fran
cis,
Em
eric
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eret
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c_re
la d
ons'
an
essa
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l
theo
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Som
ewha
t dat
ed, t
his
can
prov
ide
back
grou
nd in
theo
ries
of
race
rel
atio
nsan
d et
hnic
ity.
Ghi
selin
, Ber
nie.
For
ging
con
sens
us: b
uild
ing
a di
alog
ue a
mon
g di
vers
ele
gder
s. G
reen
sbor
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Cen
ter
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Cre
ativ
e L
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Thi
s ca
se s
tudy
dea
ls w
ith a
198
4 ta
sk f
orce
in G
reen
sbor
o th
at s
trug
gled
with
issu
es o
f ra
ce, s
ocia
l cla
ss a
nd g
over
nmen
tal b
urea
ucra
cy to
wor
kto
geth
er to
pas
s a
bond
pac
kage
. For
sta
ff w
orki
ng to
gai
n th
e co
oper
atio
nof
mul
tiple
, div
erse
par
ties
to s
olve
pro
blem
s, th
is m
ight
be
usef
ul.
Gill
ett-
Kar
am, R
osem
ary,
Rou
eche
, Sua
nne
D.,
and
Rou
cche
, Joh
n E
Und
erre
proe
ntat
iona
nd th
e qu
estio
nof
dive
rsity
: wom
en a
nd m
inor
ities
in c
omm
unity
col
lege
s. W
ashi
ngto
n, D
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AA
CJC
.D
ocum
ents
the
hist
ory
of d
iscr
imin
atio
n in
Am
eric
a an
d sh
ows
how
wom
enan
d m
inor
ities
rem
ain
unde
rrep
rese
nted
am
ong
the
seat
s of
pow
er. E
xem
-pl
ary
prog
ram
s ar
e de
scri
bed
to s
how
how
com
mun
ity c
olle
ges
can
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.
Gor
don,
Milt
on M
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atur
e, c
lass
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8.U
sefu
l for
theo
ries
invo
lvin
g ra
ce r
elat
ions
and
the
conc
ept o
f so
cial
cla
ss.
Gre
en, M
adel
eine
F.
dive
rsity
. Was
hing
ton,
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mer
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ncil
on E
duca
tion,
198
9.C
omm
issi
oned
by
AC
E "
to p
rovi
de p
ract
ical
info
rmat
ion
and
sugg
estio
nsto
ass
ist i
nstit
utio
ns in
taki
ng a
ctio
n,"
this
boo
k fo
cuse
s on
lead
ersh
ip a
ndho
w to
dev
elop
an
inte
grat
ed a
ppro
ach
to c
hang
e. O
ne o
f th
e ch
apte
rs d
etai
lsho
w to
con
duct
an
inst
itutio
nal a
udit
of d
iver
sity
pro
gres
s. O
ne o
f th
ree
inst
itutio
ns p
rofi
led
is M
iam
i-D
ade
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge.
Gre
en, M
adel
eine
F.,
ed. L
eade
rs f
or a
new
era
* st
rate
gies
for
hig
her
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atio
p, N
ew Y
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eric
an C
ounc
il on
Edu
catio
n an
d M
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88.
Focu
ses
on c
olle
ge a
nd u
nive
rsity
lead
ersh
ip in
gen
eral
and
the
trai
ning
of
colle
ge a
dmin
istr
ator
s.
Gre
enle
af, R
ober
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gitim
ate
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er a
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nim
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ress
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7.T
his
high
ly th
eore
tical
wor
k di
scus
ses
the
conc
ept o
f th
e se
rvan
t lea
der
in
busi
ness
, edu
catio
n, p
riva
te f
ound
atio
ns a
nd r
elig
ion.
Har
ris,
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l ip
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iffe
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Hou
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7.D
iscu
sses
inte
rnat
iona
l bus
ines
s en
terp
rise
s an
d m
anag
emen
t, w
ith a
foc
uson
acc
ultu
ratio
n to
pics
and
cro
ss-c
ultu
ral s
tudi
es.
Hel
gese
n, S
ally
. Ilth
iem
ale
adva
ntag
e: w
omen
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ays
of le
ader
ihilt
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bled
ay, 1
990.
Prof
iles
four
suc
cess
ful w
omen
CE
Os
thro
ugh
dire
ct o
bser
vatio
n of
how
they
sol
ve la
rge
and
smal
l tas
ks. H
avin
g ch
roni
cled
thei
r m
eetin
gs, p
hone
calls
, con
fere
nces
and
cor
resp
onde
nce,
the
auth
or e
xplo
res
how
wom
enle
ader
s m
ake
deci
sion
s, g
athe
r an
d di
spen
se in
form
atio
n, a
nd s
truc
ture
com
pani
es. O
ne o
f he
r fi
ndin
gs: w
hite
mal
e le
ader
s te
nd to
cha
mpi
on th
eva
lue
of v
isio
n; w
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ers
conc
enZ
ate
on d
evel
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g a
voic
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Hel
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The
cha
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on
wom
en w
ho le
ad e
duca
tiona
l org
aniz
atio
ns u
nfor
tuna
tely
deal
s on
ly w
ith a
pub
lic s
choo
l dis
tric
t and
urb
an u
nive
rsiti
es. S
till,
a sa
mpl
e
I1
11
II1
'I
1II
,,
71
lead
ersh
ip tr
aini
ng p
acka
ge is
incl
uded
whi
ch m
ay b
e he
lpfu
l to
staf
fde
velo
pmen
t per
sonn
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Illic
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A s
omew
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mpo
sing
boo
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ove
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erin
g fo
otno
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this
wor
kno
neth
eles
s of
fers
use
ful s
tatis
tics
and
info
rmat
ion
on s
exis
m a
nd e
arni
ngpo
tent
ial.
Lin
thic
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Dor
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alar
atul
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ello
tain
gnac
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d pr
ogra
ms
used
by
colle
ges
and
stat
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ross
the
U.S
. to
incr
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the
num
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ity f
acul
ty m
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Des
crip
tions
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s, n
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pho
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corp
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e em
phas
is, i
ts d
etai
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ste
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pap
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n ex
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nt p
rim
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s in
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e as
sim
ilatio
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nam
ics,
ste
reot
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, lan
guag
e se
nsiti
vity
, cul
ture
cla
sh, w
orki
ng in
grou
ps a
nd "
the
plur
alis
tic le
ader
."
Loy
e, D
avid
. The
lead
ersh
ip p
assi
m'.
San
Fran
cisc
o: J
osse
y-B
ass
Inc.
,19
77.
Ano
ther
hig
hly
theo
retic
al w
ork,
this
con
nect
s a
so-c
alle
d "i
deol
ogic
alpe
rson
ality
" w
ith a
pas
sion
for
lead
ing.
Am
ong
the
chap
ters
is "
The
Cam
pus
and
Ideo
logi
cal G
roup
s."
The
aut
hor
has
a Ph
.D. i
n so
cial
psyc
holo
gy f
rom
the
New
Sch
ool f
or S
ocia
l Res
earc
h.
Luc
e, L
ouis
e Fi
ber
and
Smith
, Elis
e C
., ed
s. T
owar
d in
tern
atio
nalis
m z
read
ings
in c
ross
-cul
tura
l com
mun
icat
ign.
Cam
brid
ge, M
a.: N
ewbu
ryH
ouse
Pub
lishe
rs, 1
986.
Dis
cuss
es in
terc
ultu
ral c
omm
unic
atio
n an
d cu
ltura
l rel
ativ
ism
.
Lym
an, S
tanf
ord
M. C
hige
ssA
mgr
kani
, New
Yor
k: R
ando
m H
ouse
,In
c., 1
974.
The
his
tory
of
Chi
nese
set
tlem
ent i
n th
e U
.S. i
s ex
amin
ed a
long
with
the
clas
s st
ruct
ure
of C
hine
se A
mer
ican
s an
d th
e be
ginn
ings
of
the
Chi
nese
Am
eric
an m
iddl
e cl
ass.
Inc
lude
s an
ext
ensi
ve b
iblio
grap
hy o
n C
hine
seA
mer
ican
stu
dies
.
Mel
ia, J
inx.
Eny
lenn
ysan
alea
kiiii
ikat
aidi
ngni
tjual
athu
nlm
inay
stem
Gra
nd J
unct
ion,
Col
o.: O
pera
tiona
l Pol
itics
, Inc
., Sa
quac
he, C
o.,
dist
ribu
ted
by C
omm
unic
atio
n C
reat
ivity
, 198
6.D
iscu
sses
obs
tacl
es to
suc
cess
, str
ateg
ies
to u
se, a
nd n
egot
iatio
n di
ffer
-en
ces
betw
een
men
and
wom
en. S
ome
mig
ht f
ind
faul
t with
the
subt
leas
sum
ptio
n be
hind
the
wor
k: w
omen
sho
uld
unde
rsta
nd a
nd e
ven
acqu
ire
the
mal
e m
odel
of
lead
ersh
ip in
ord
er to
get
ahe
ad.
Mou
nt S
t. M
my'
s C
olle
ge.n
exel
eefl
acul
tv d
evel
opm
entin
mul
dcul
tura
lrd
ucat
ion.
Los
Ang
eles
: Pri
sm P
ublis
hing
, 199
1.Pr
esen
ts w
orks
hop
cont
ent,
a m
ini-
gran
t pro
cess
, and
com
plet
ed c
urri
cu-
lum
pro
ject
s in
mul
ticul
tura
lism
, one
of
whi
ch h
ad a
lead
ersh
ip e
mph
asis
.
Nat
iona
l Ass
ocia
tion
ofin
depe
nden
t Col
lege
s an
d U
nive
rsiti
es. M
inor
ities
gn c
ampu
s. W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.:
NA
ICU
, 199
2.T
his
seri
es o
f fi
ve b
ookl
ets
cent
ers
on h
ow to
incr
ease
fac
ulty
and
sta
ffdi
vers
ity, d
evel
op p
artn
ersh
ips
with
oth
er s
choo
ls a
nd c
olle
ges,
and
supp
ort m
inor
ity in
stitu
tions
. Eac
h bo
okle
t loo
ks a
t sol
utio
ns th
at h
ave
wor
ked
at c
olle
ges
thro
ugho
ut th
e co
untr
y.N
ieve
s-Sq
uire
s, S
arah
. lib
pank
wom
en: m
akin
g th
eir
pres
ence
on
garn
pui l
ess
tenu
ou. W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.:
Ass
ocia
tion
of A
mer
ican
Col
lege
s, 1
991.
Thi
s 14
-pag
e pa
per
from
the
AA
C's
pro
ject
on
the
stat
us a
nd e
duca
tion
ofw
omen
def
ines
the
term
"H
ispa
nic,
" ex
plai
ns th
e nu
ance
s of
His
pani
ccu
lture
, and
pro
vide
s st
atis
tical
dat
a on
His
pani
c st
uden
ts, f
acul
ty a
ndad
min
istr
ator
s, lt
off
ers
mor
e th
an 1
00 r
ecom
men
datio
ns to
hel
p en
sure
the
full
part
icip
atio
n of
His
pani
c w
omen
in h
ighe
r ed
ucat
ion
and
disc
usse
sa"
grow
-you
r-ow
n ad
min
istr
ator
" pr
ogra
m to
gro
om H
ispa
nic
wom
en f
orpr
omot
ions
.
Paig
e, R
. Mic
hael
. Cro
ss-c
ultu
ral o
rien
tatio
n: n
ew c
once
ptua
lizat
iona
and
appl
icat
iom
. Uni
vers
ity P
ress
of
Am
eric
a, 1
986.
Are
port
of
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Con
fere
nce
on C
ross
-Cul
tura
l Ori
enta
tion
held
by th
e C
ounc
il on
Int
erna
tiona
l Edu
catio
nal E
xcha
nge.
Pede
rsen
, Pau
l, L
onne
r, W
alte
r J.
, and
Dra
guns
, Jur
is G
. Cou
nsel
ing
acro
ss c
ultu
re'.
Hon
olul
u: E
ast-
Wes
tCen
ter,
Uni
vers
ity P
ress
of
Haw
aii,
1976
.
Part
icul
arly
use
ful t
o st
uden
t ser
vice
s st
aff,
this
boo
k fo
cuse
s on
cro
ss-
cultu
ral p
sych
olog
ical
issu
es.
Rou
eche
, Joh
n E
., B
aker
, Geo
rge
A. I
II, a
nd R
ose,
Rob
ert R
. Sha
red
Vis
ion:
tran
sfor
mat
iona
l lea
ders
hip
In A
mer
ican
com
mun
ity c
olle
ge!.
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
.: A
AC
JC, 1
989.
Thi
s bo
ok id
entif
ies
qual
ities
and
attr
ibut
es o
f tr
ansf
otm
atio
nal l
eade
rs:
lead
ers
at tw
o-ye
ar in
stitu
tions
who
tran
sfor
m th
e fu
ture
dir
ectio
n of
thei
rin
stitu
tions
thro
ugh
a pe
rson
al v
isio
n. B
ased
on
thei
r ow
n re
sear
ch, t
heau
thor
s de
velo
ped
a gr
oup
of th
emes
and
beh
avio
ral a
ttrib
utes
com
mon
totr
ansf
orm
atio
nal l
eade
rshi
p.
Sand
ers,
Ron
ald
Los
t tri
bes
andp
rom
ised
land
s: th
e or
iMns
of
Am
eric
anra
cism
. Bos
ton:
Litt
le B
row
n, 1
978.
Prov
ides
a h
isto
rica
l loo
k at
lace
rel
atio
ns, p
artic
ular
ly in
the
cont
ext o
fdi
scov
ery
and
expl
orat
ion
of th
e "N
ew W
orld
."
Shir
ts, G
arry
, 197
7. D
aF a
BaF
a: a
cro
ss c
ultu
re s
imul
atio
n. D
el M
ar,
Cal
if.:
Sim
ile I
I, 1
977.
Not
2 b
ook
but a
kin
d of
gam
e or
exe
rcis
e, th
is w
ould
be
usef
ul in
sm
all
staf
f de
velo
pmen
t ses
sion
s. P
artic
ipan
ts a
re d
ivid
ed in
to tw
o gr
oups
or
"cul
tnre
s.""
Alp
hans
" ar
e re
laxe
d an
d va
lue
pers
onal
con
tact
and
intim
acy
with
in a
sex
ist a
nd p
atri
arch
al s
truc
ture
. "B
etan
s" m
easu
re a
per
son'
sva
lue
by h
ow w
ell h
e or
she
per
form
s in
the
mar
ketp
lace
. Eac
h gr
oup
trie
sto
dev
elop
hyp
othe
ses
abou
t the
mos
t eff
ectiv
e w
ay to
inte
ract
with
the
othe
r cu
lture
. Par
ticip
ants
cha
nge
cultu
res,
and
mus
t lea
rn to
live
in a
ndad
apt t
o th
e ne
w o
ne. P
artic
ipan
ts th
en d
iscu
ss a
nd a
naly
ze th
e ex
peri
ence
.
Spec
tor,
Rac
hel E
. cia
tura
l_si
bLem
iti jj
s.js
eahh
_gm
l_la
nsat
Nor
wal
k,C
onn.
: App
elto
n &
Lan
ge, 1
991.
Part
icul
arly
hel
pful
for
fac
ulty
and
stu
dent
s in
hea
lth o
r th
e so
cial
sci
ence
s,th
is f
ocus
es o
n tr
ansc
ultu
ral m
edic
al c
are
in th
e U
.S. a
nd c
ultu
ral a
ttitu
des
tow
ard
heal
th c
are.
Sont
e, J
ohn
D. P
hil.
Rac
ial c
onfl
ict I
n c
onte
auA
rarv
soc
iety
. Cam
brid
ge,
Mas
s: H
arva
rd U
nive
rsity
Pre
ss, 1
985.
Top
ics
incl
ude
race
rel
atio
ns, e
thni
c re
latio
ns a
nd p
ower
Tho
mas
, Kim
. Gen
der
and
subj
ect i
n hi
gaer
edu
catio
n. G
reat
Bri
tain
:So
ciet
y fo
r R
esea
rch
in H
ighe
r E
duca
tion,
199
0.O
f pa
rtic
ular
inte
rest
to in
stru
ctor
s, c
ouns
elor
s, a
nd th
ose
who
dev
elop
curr
icul
um, t
his
book
foc
uses
on
the
rela
tions
hip
betw
een
gend
er a
nd w
hyst
uden
ts c
hoos
e ce
rtai
n ar
eas
of s
tudy
. It l
ooks
at t
he c
once
pt o
f "m
ale"
vers
us "
fem
ale"
sub
ject
s an
d ar
gues
that
cer
tain
sub
ject
s se
em to
hav
equ
aliti
es th
at a
re, h
owev
er in
appr
opri
atel
y, c
onne
cted
in s
tude
nts'
min
dsto
mas
culin
ity O
f fe
min
inity
. The
aut
hor
argu
es th
at in
stitu
tions
of
high
ered
ucat
ion
have
bee
n to
o co
mpl
acen
t abo
ut g
ende
r in
equa
lity
in d
evel
op-
ing
curr
icul
um.
Tho
mas
, R. R
oose
velt.
Ihy
sind
rac
e an
d ge
nder
; unl
eash
ing
the
pow
erof
you
r to
tal w
ork
forc
e bv
moa
ning
div
ersi
ty. N
ew Y
ork:
Am
eric
anM
anag
emen
t Ass
ocia
tion,
199
1.T
his
book
com
bine
s bo
th th
eory
, cri
ticis
m a
nd c
ase
stud
ies
in a
n ea
sy-t
o-re
ad s
tyle
that
bel
ies
the
com
plex
ity a
nd o
rigi
nalit
y of
the
auth
or's
pers
pect
ive.
Cri
tical
of
trad
ition
al a
ffir
mat
ive
actio
n an
d va
luin
g di
ffer
-en
ces
appr
oach
es, T
hom
as o
utlin
es h
ow o
rgan
izat
ions
can
trul
y m
anag
e
35
dive
rsity
a pr
oact
ive
proc
ess
that
is in
clus
ive
rath
er th
an r
estr
icte
d to
cert
ain
grou
ps.
Smith
, Dar
yl G
. The
cha
lleng
e of
div
ersi
ty. i
nvol
vem
ent o
r al
iena
tion
inth
e ac
adem
y? W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.:
Scho
ol o
f E
duca
tion
and
Hum
an D
evel
-op
men
t, G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n U
nive
rsity
, 198
9.T
his
book
det
ails
how
div
ersi
ty s
houl
d af
fect
wid
e-ra
ngin
g as
pect
s of
high
ered
ucat
ion
such
as
enro
llmen
t, re
tent
ion,
cam
pus
clim
ate,
fac
ulty
and
sta
ff,
and
inst
itutio
nal a
sses
smen
t and
res
earc
h. T
he a
utho
r as
sum
es a
fou
r-ye
arin
stitu
tiona
l foc
us a
lthou
gh th
e pr
inci
ples
are
app
l ica
ble
to tw
o-ye
ar c
olle
ges.
Sue,
Der
ald
Win
g.2n
d ed
. New
Yor
k: W
iley,
199
0,O
ffer
s gu
idel
ines
and
det
aile
d m
etho
ds f
or c
ouns
elin
g sp
ecif
ic m
inor
itygr
oups
(e.
g., A
fric
an A
mer
ican
s, H
ispa
nics
, Nat
ive
Am
eric
ans
and
Asi
anA
mer
ican
s). A
lso
incl
udes
a s
erie
s of
cas
e vi
gnet
tes
port
rayi
ng ty
pica
l iss
ues
and
dile
mm
as. S
ue is
con
side
red
one
of th
e m
ost i
nflu
entia
l mul
ticul
tura
lsc
hola
rs in
the
U.S
., an
d th
e fi
rst e
ditio
n of
this
boo
k ha
s be
com
e a
clas
sic.
New
cha
pter
s ar
e fe
atur
ed in
the
seco
nd e
ditio
n: "
Rac
ial/C
ultu
ral I
dent
ityD
evel
op m
ent"
and
"C
ross
-Cul
tura
l Fam
ily C
ouns
elin
g."
Thi
eder
rnan
, Son
dra.
Bri
dgin
g cu
ltura
l bar
rier
s fo
r co
rpor
ate
succ
ess,
low
to m
anag
e th
e m
ultic
ultu
ral w
orkf
orce
. Lex
ingt
on, M
ass.
: Lex
ing-
ton
Boo
ks, 1
991.
The
em
phas
is h
ere
is h
ow to
dea
l with
lang
uage
and
beh
avio
ral d
iffe
renc
esin
the
wor
kpla
ce, a
nd it
del
ves
into
suc
h to
pics
as
valu
es, e
tique
tte, m
otiv
a-tio
n st
rate
gies
and
trai
ning
tech
niqu
es. U
niqu
e in
its
focu
s on
com
mun
ica-
tion
issu
es (
for
exam
ple,
und
erst
andi
ng a
ccen
ts),
this
con
cent
rate
s on
busi
ness
set
tings
but
wou
ld a
lso
be o
f in
tere
st to
fac
ulty
in E
nglis
h an
dC
omm
unic
atio
ns.
Tra
cy, L
aura
. The
sec
ret b
etw
een
us: c
ompe
titio
n am
ong
wom
en, B
osto
n:L
ittle
, Bro
wn
& C
o., 1
991.
Eas
y to
rea
d, la
rgel
y an
ecdo
tal,
this
foc
uses
on
issu
es o
f po
wer
, wor
k,le
ader
ship
and
the
conc
ept o
f "s
iste
rhoo
d."
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
inne
sota
and
Am
eric
an S
ocie
ty f
or T
rain
ing
and
Dev
elop
men
t.V
alui
ng d
iffe
renc
es in
the
wor
kpla
ce. 1
991.
Publ
ishe
d by
Min
neso
ta's
Tra
inin
g an
d D
evel
opm
ent R
esea
rch
Cen
ter
and
AST
D's
Res
earc
h C
omm
ittee
and
Mul
ticul
tura
l Net
wor
k, th
is m
onog
raph
grew
fro
m a
ser
ies
of s
ympo
sium
s he
ld a
t the
uni
vers
ity. T
he b
ook
expl
ains
why
wor
kfor
ce d
iver
sity
nee
ds to
be
man
aged
and
eva
luat
es h
ow v
alui
ngdi
ffer
ence
s ca
n af
fect
em
ploy
ee p
rodu
ctiv
ity, j
ob s
atis
fact
ion,
and
inte
rper
-so
nal a
nd g
roup
rel
atio
ns. I
nclu
des
a ch
apte
r by
Dr.
Vap
orde
al S
ande
rs.
Van
Vel
sor,
Elle
n an
d H
aghe
s, M
arth
a W
. Gen
der
diff
eren
ces
in th
ede
velo
pmen
t of
man
ners
: how
wom
en m
a na
gers
lea
rn f
rom
esp
c ri
e ne
e.G
rem
sbor
o, N
orth
Car
olin
a: C
ente
r fo
r C
reat
ive
Lea
ders
hip,
199
1.T
his
repo
rt a
naly
zes
wha
t car
eer
expe
rien
ces
wom
en la
ck a
nd d
escr
ibes
how
wom
en's
pat
tern
s of
leam
ing
diff
er f
rom
thos
e of
men
. Ide
as a
re o
ffer
ed o
nho
w m
anag
ers
can
enha
nce
wom
en's
car
eers
.
Wey
r, T
hom
as. t
hspa
nic
U S
A :
brea
king
the
asei
tingp
ot. N
ew Y
ork,
Har
per
& R
ow, 1
988.
Focu
ses
on th
e cu
ltura
l ass
imila
tion
of H
ispa
nic
Am
eric
ans
and
expl
ores
thei
r et
hnic
iden
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