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Building sustainable diversity in higher education isn''t just the right thing to doit is an imperative for institutional excellence and for a pluralistic society that works.
In Diversity''s Promise for Higher Education, author Daryl G. Smith proposes clear and realistic practices to help institutions identify diversity as a strategic imperative for excellence and pursue diversity efforts that are inclusive of the varied issues on campuseswithout losing focus on the critical unfinished business of the past.
To become more relevant while remaining true to their core missions, colleges and universities must continue to frame diversity as central to institutional excellence. Smith suggests that seeing diversity as an imperative for an institution''s mission, and not just as a value, is the necessary lever for real institutional change. Furthermore, achieving excellence in a diverse society requires increasing institutional capacity for diversityworking to unde
