Diversity and unity : the role of higher education in building democracy : 2nd Tri-nation Campus Diversity Seminar (March 1998) /

Diversity and unity : the role of higher education in building democracy : 2nd Tri-nation Campus Diversity Seminar (March 1998) / edited by M. Cross ... [et al.]. - Cape Town : Maskew Miller Longman, 1999. - ix, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"In March 1998, South Africa's Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), with support from the Ford Foundation, sponsored an international seminar on diversity in higher education."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Edgar F. Beckham -- De-centring conceptions of campus diversity / Alison Bernstein -- Culture, identity and the role of higher education in building democracy in South Africa / Nico Cloete, Michael Cross, Johan Miller and Sury Pillay -- Democracy, plurality and the Indian university / Shiv Visvanathan -- Gender, citizenship and diversity / Shireen Hassim and Amanda Gouws --From exclusion toward inclusion : the struggle for diversity in American higher education / Richard H. Brown and William E. Kirwan -- Campus-community linkages : a dialogue on diversity / Jaya Indiresan -- Strategic evaluation : an imperative for the future of campus diversity / Daryl G. Smith -- Community outreach and the college curriculum / Sharada Nayack -- Avoiding closure and challenging frameworks / Michael Cross and Nico Cloete.

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