Diversity Training Is in Demand. Does It Work?

DIVERSITY training programs; RACISM; LOFTIN, R. Bowen; LEADERSHIP training; DIVERSITY in organizations; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

The article focuses on the importance of diversity training in universities to combat racism on campus, according to R. Bowen Loftin, resigned as chancellor of the University of Missouri. Topics discussed include need for leadership training and diversity training to respect differences at diversifying institutions; students who met their professors as they felt discriminated against in class; and presents views of Robin DiAngelo, former education professor, on social justice.