ERIC Number: EJ584056
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Building Community from Communities: Diversity and the Future of Higher Education.
Cortes, Carlos E.
Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, v9 n4 p11-18 Spr 1999
Within the context of increasing cultural diversity, colleges and universities face new challenges and opportunities in attempting to forge a community, both on campus and in society at large. Community-building efforts must address the following: proliferation of campus affinity groups; facilitation of constructive intergroup relations; emergence and modification of identities; and reconstruction of knowledge and restructuring of the curriculum. (Author/MSE)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: "Challenges of Diversity."