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Sylvia Hurtado and Bryan Cook Diverse Democracy Project
Advisory Board Meeting Washington, D.C. August 16, 2002
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Project Goals To learn how colleges are creating diverse
learning environments To learn how colleges are creating diverse
learning environments To explore how institutions are preparing
students for a diverse democracy To explore how institutions are
preparing students for a diverse democracy To discover how students
are learning from diverse peers To discover how students are
learning from diverse peers To understand and share how different
campuses achieve goals for cognitive, social, and democratic
outcomes To understand and share how different campuses achieve
goals for cognitive, social, and democratic outcomes
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Participating Institutions Arizona State University Arizona
State University Norfolk State University Norfolk State University
University of California at Los Angeles University of California at
Los Angeles University of Maryland University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts University
of Michigan University of Minnesota University of New Mexico
University of Washington University of Vermont
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Project Activities Update National Survey of Institutions
(completed) National Survey of Institutions (completed)
Longitudinal Student Survey (near completion) Longitudinal Student
Survey (near completion) Campus Site Visits (completed) Campus Site
Visits (completed) Working on case studies of participating
campuses Working on case studies of participating campuses Typology
of Campus Initiatives (on website) Typology of Campus Initiatives
(on website) Focused Classroom-based Studies (completed) Focused
Classroom-based Studies (completed) Liaison meeting at AAC&U
(October 22 nd & 23 rd ) Liaison meeting at AAC&U (October
22 nd & 23 rd )
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Organizational Rhetoric or Reality? The Disparities Between
Avowed Commitment to Diversity and Formal Programs and Initiatives
in Higher Education Institutions
http://www.umich.edu/~divdemo/aera2002(2)_slides.ppt
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National Survey of Institutions Purpose: Provide multi-campus
consensus and discussion around a set of new outcomes for preparing
students to live in a diverse democracy Purpose: Provide
multi-campus consensus and discussion around a set of new outcomes
for preparing students to live in a diverse democracy 1400 campuses
surveyed to share opinions on important democracy outcomes 1400
campuses surveyed to share opinions on important democracy outcomes
744 institutions responded 744 institutions responded (53% return
rate) (53% return rate)
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Regression Results Predictors of Evaluation and Rewards for
Diversity Doctoral Institution ** Private*** Core Leadership
Support for Diversity *** Institutional Priority for Diversity ***
Predictors of Progress Relative to Peers: Creating a Diverse
Environment Core Leadership Support for Diversity *** Institutional
Priority on Prestige (-)* Institutional Priority on Diversity ***
Predictors of Institutions Percentage of Minority Students
Institutions admission selectivity (-)*** Public Institution (-)***
*p