Diversity's Promise for Higher Education: Making It Work

by Daryl G. Smith

Daryl G. Smith’s career has been devoted to studying and fostering diversity in higher education. She has witnessed and encouraged the evolution of diversity from an issue addressed sporadically on college campuses to an imperative if institutions want to succeed. In Diversity's Promise for Higher Education , she analyzes how diversity is practiced today and offers new recommendations for effecting lasting and meaningful change. Smith argues that in the next generation of work on diversity, student population mix and performance will no longer be acceptable indicators of an institution's diversity effectiveness. To become more relevant to society, the nation, and the world while remaining true to their core mission, institutions must begin to see diversity, like technology, as central to teaching and research. She proposes a set of practices that will help colleges and universities embrace diversity as a tool for institutional success. This thoughtful volume draws on 40 years of diversity studies. It offers both researchers and administrators an innovative approach to developing and instituting effective and sustainable diversity strategies.

Genres: Education, Professional Development

352 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2009

Reviews

[Daryl G. Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is an important fourth edition (2024) that updates the work locates the imperative for diversity for excellence in the current moment. Been cited as a must read in these times!

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard-hitting, honest, and functional - another engaging text by Daryl Smith.