Diversity and the College Experience provides practical, research-based recommendations. This text contains specific action strategies recommended throughout.

This book will:

enhance student understanding and appreciation of diversity.
motivate students to experience diversity by identifying its benefits to educational, person and professional development
supply students with specific strategies for making the most of diversity in college and beyond.



Diversity and the College Experience is infused with the following principles of effective learning:

Reflections a question is posed to activate thoughts and feelings about the chapter topic at the start of each.

Multiple Modes of Information Input information is delivered through a variety of formats that include diagrams, pictures, and images.

Snapshot Summaries boxes containing summaries of key concepts and strategies appear throughout the book.

""Did You Know?"" Inserts these contain historical milestones, interesting facts, and prevailing myths relating to diversity.

Sidebar Quotes quotes from famous and influential people relate to and reinforce ideas discussed in the chapter.

Authors' Personal Experiences each chapter contains personal stories bases on the authors' experiences as college professors, as student advisors, and as former college students.

Concept Maps organize ideas into diagrams, images, and figures.

Internet Resources provide additional information relating to the chapter's major ideas.

Exercises designed to help apply the material covered to college experiences and personal life.