It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, (1)_______________________. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. (2)_______________________. Likewise, I don’t hear people in the academy saying: “Let’s go backward. Let’s go back to the good old days.” I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus had doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community,there were less than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. (3)_______________________.
