Trustees explore diversity

Trustees explore diversity

The article summarizes a presentation done by the Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity, Roman Graf, at a Board of Trustees meeting. Of the findings that Graf presented, what seemed to stick out was the incredibly low number of African-American-identifying students who applied to the college (reported as 92 in the fall of 2004). Graf then highlighted a new goal for the College to strive for "getting diverse groups on campus to interact". In order to achieve this goal, the administration has implemented "deliberate dialogue models", where students analyze and discuss controversial issues from varying viewpoints.

Volume 102, Number 15

Caroline Stauffer

The Campus

02/19/2004

Christian Ford '05- President of DMC

"Ford points out that such a dialogue often takes place in classes, which foster discussion on issues such as tolerance, hatred, and understanding, but these discussions are not often applied outside of the classroom. 'I talk to students who feel weird going to social houses,' he said. 'Students of color can sometimes feel like a display in such situations.'"