Toward a New Diversity and the Revitalization of hte Campus Spirit: A Bandung 2000 Conference for Students, Staff and Faculty

In this session, New Diversity programs are designed and proposed, aimed at enabling minority staff, students and faculty the kind of cultural inoculation needed to be able to address the concerns which plague most campuses

THE MYTH OF DESIGNING DIVERSITY : A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ATTEMPTS TO ‘COLORIZE’ COLLEGE CAMPUSES

“There is no doubt that such programs are aimed at increasing the numbers of minorities on predominantly white campuses; however, this paper seeks to ask the ‘right’ questions in finding out what the intentions of administrators really are in implementation of such programs.

Did ah ask you for woik?: The Black Student, the Concept of “Career & Self-Entrepreneurship: Which Road?

For some time now, four year institutions have been circulating the myth that education equals a job upon graduation. Along with this myth, the university system makes it appear as if this equation works across the board, for minority graduates as well as majority group members. A third prong of the falsehood is that a job or a career is the ultimate goal. Very little mention is ever made of self-sufficiency or entrepreneurship. In this paper, we present a community-based model of economic development that revolves around minority students starting their own businesses rather than opting for graduation and then beginning the hunt to look for a white boss to adopt them.

The Community College as a Liberation Laboratory: Toward New Visions, Values and Vigor

The lackluster manner in which the American high school is teaching students, combined with selective admission programs at a number of post-secondary institutions, combine to give the majority of American students an important option: the community college. Furthermore, the rising wave of conservatism and right wing ideology can best be countered if these two-year institutions became liberation laboratories, and emphasized the humanities and social sciences, with emphasis on critical reading, critical writing and critical thinking, This paper outlines how such an emphasis, pedagogy and curriculum could be established at the nation\u27s two-year institutions

TOWARD A NEW DIVERSITY AND THE REVITALIZATION OF THE CAMPUS SPIRIT: A BANDUNG 2000 CONFERENCE FOR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY

In this session, New Diversity programs are designed and proposed, aimed at enabling minority staff, stu¬dents and faculty the kind of cultural inoculation needed to be able to address the concerns which plague most campuses