“It’s just, in high school, knowledge was pretty much frowned upon. You really had to work to learn anything. But here, the energy, the collective intelligence … It’s like this force, this penetrating force, and I can just feel my mind opening up, you know, and letting this place just thrust into and- and spurt knowledge into … That sentence ended up in a different place than it started out in.” Willow, about the University, in “Buffy – The Vampire Slayer” I recently did a short presentation on handling diversity in a technical college. The focus was on addressing the heterogeneity of students with different backgrounds. But in looking into the issue, I also stumbled upon the usual attempts to increase diversity. For me, diversity is only a goal when it improves the outcome for those involved. In itself diversity is value neutral. My guess is that few colleges would want diversity in the strength of students’ interest, or when it comes to grades. I think the main goal of a college should be to attract the students who are best qualified for the studies. Those who have the necessary qualifications and interests to succeed. It’s essentially a ‘content of [...]
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