after the presidential election. Interesting question which came up a few times, in response to the concept of "inclusive excellence" now being promoted by several organizations like HERC: how is inclusion like and unlike earlier commitments to diversity, and to those before them of affirmative action, tolerance, assimilation? One woman asked the question this way: "Does the idea of inclusion supplement or supplant that of diversity?" Maybe both: inclusion seems at least potentially a deeper and more democratic commitment than diversity (which is anyway worn thin by overuse). Elizabeth Minnich would approve, I think.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Excellent inclusion
Spent the day today at a conference at the CUNY Grad Center called "Making Excellence Inclusive: Promoting Diversity in Higher Education," sponsored by the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. Not exactly scintillating, though the familiar and important issues being discussed have a new urgency 
after the presidential election. Interesting question which came up a few times, in response to the concept of "inclusive excellence" now being promoted by several organizations like HERC: how is inclusion like and unlike earlier commitments to diversity, and to those before them of affirmative action, tolerance, assimilation? One woman asked the question this way: "Does the idea of inclusion supplement or supplant that of diversity?" Maybe both: inclusion seems at least potentially a deeper and more democratic commitment than diversity (which is anyway worn thin by overuse). Elizabeth Minnich would approve, I think.
after the presidential election. Interesting question which came up a few times, in response to the concept of "inclusive excellence" now being promoted by several organizations like HERC: how is inclusion like and unlike earlier commitments to diversity, and to those before them of affirmative action, tolerance, assimilation? One woman asked the question this way: "Does the idea of inclusion supplement or supplant that of diversity?" Maybe both: inclusion seems at least potentially a deeper and more democratic commitment than diversity (which is anyway worn thin by overuse). Elizabeth Minnich would approve, I think.
