Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - D1120088
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED336057 AUTHOR: Farnham, Nicholas
TITLE: Race Relations on American College Campuses: The
Need for a Higher Level of Inclusiveness.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 11 p.; Statement developed at an Educational
Leadership Program meeting in March 1990.
ABSTRACT: Responding to declines in the percentages of
minorities enrolled in college, 24 educational leaders from
around the country met to discuss their campus race
relations problems and to formulate a statement on their
findings. This document reproduces that statement. The
signers see three national imperatives: (1) a moral
imperative to make a new commitment to equal access to
education; (2) an economic imperative of economic progress
dependent on the national ability to educate the work
force; and (3) a political imperative that the viability of
a free democracy depends on a fully educated and
participating citizenry. They also recommend that
educational leaders allocate funds in such a way as to
increase diversity on campuses, value diversity, overcome
racism and ethnocentrism, work to increase retention of
economically disadvantaged students, enhance employment
opportunities within the university for minorities, invest
in and prepare the next generation of teachers in a way
that reflects the new inclusiveness, and establish stronger
partnerships with two-year and community colleges. The text
includes a list of signers and their affiliations. (JB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Access-to-Education; Colleges-; College
Students; Community-Colleges; Democracy-; Economically
Disadvantaged; Equal-Education; Futures-of-Society; Higher
Education; Labor-Force; School-Holding-Power; Two-Year
Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Campuses-; *Citizen-Participation;
*Minority-Groups; *Racial-Relations
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