Cultural Diversity

Cultural Diversity: Campus Climates and Classroom Instruction American Society has been and continues to become increasingly mixed, complex, and variegated in its cultural practices and ethnic make up. However, the state schools have fallen short of race goals established thirty-one years ago in a desegregation case now known as Geier v. Sundquist. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has notoriously had one of the worst recruiting efforts for diversifying undergraduates. This realization makes the cultural …

…would expect more diversity. Chancellor Snyder states in his mission statement, “Diversity has become a necessity for the reason we are encompassing a multiracial and multicultural community that relics on the potential of each person to meet society’s expectations. And society’s expectations are culturally diverse and we need to value other’s background for we will be working with different backgrounds throughout our lifetime.” Lets make diversity a reality on campus at UTK.