Innovations in inclusion : the Purdue faculty & staff diversity story, 1997-2008 / Barbara Benedict Bunker ; with Janice Eddy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunker, Barbara Benedict.

Contributor:

Eddy, Janice, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purdue University.

College teachers--Professional relationships--United States--Case studies.

College teachers.

Universities and colleges--United States--Faculty--Attitudes--Case studies.

Universities and colleges.

Multiculturalism--United States--Case studies.

Multiculturalism.

School management and organization--United States--Case studies.

School management and organization.

United States.

Educational innovations--United States--Case studies.

Educational innovations.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

ix, 92 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Over the last ten years, Purdue University has undertaken a culture-change initiative that is unprecedented in American higher education. This work represents the first chapter in the story of the fundamental shift in campus culture that has been required to prepare Purdue's students to act as culturally competent global citizens.

American universities' student bodies are increasingly diverse in ethnicity, race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and religion. At the same time, the faculty and staff, the stable base of universities and the creators of their culture for learning, are slower to diversify. This work is innovative in that it focuses on this important population-the faculty and staff in the colleges and schools of Purdue.

The culture change taking place at Purdue is dramatic, although the change process itself is gradual. From a mostly white, very male, Midwestern institution focusing on the sciences and engineering, Purdue has moved toward becoming consciously global. The University has worked to create a welcoming and supportive environment for persons from many cultures, both within the United States and from international communities. This work tells that story: how it started, why it succeeded (when many other institutions have tried and failed), and what is yet to be done.

Contents:

I The Narrative: The Multicultural Forum 5

II The Narrative: Developing the Gender Forum 39

III Changes in the Diversity of the Faculty at Purdue, 1997-2007 51

IV The Provost Plans for the Whole Academic Organization 57

V Changing Universities as Systems 65

VI Perspectives: The Outside Consultant Reflects and Looks Ahead 75.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 88).

ISBN:

9781557535283

1557535280

OCLC:

255014030