Whenever colleges start crafting plans to bring in more diverse faculty, staff members, and leaders, the same debates about why diversifying is difficult tend to come up. College leaders often focus on flaws in the pipeline, the need for diversity training, and concern that a bold approach to increasing racial diversity could invite legal scrutiny.
But, is the pipeline problem real or a myth?
"Diversifying Your Campus"tackles the complicated topics covered in many diversity debates and issues, and contains 15 case studies of colleges that have started to move the needle on increasing racial diversity in their faculty, staff, leadership, or governing boards.