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Why diversity training on campus is likely to disappoint

  • Written by Amna Khalid, Associate Professor of History, Carleton College
imageDiversity and inclusion training is often ineffective and short-lived. Image Source/GettyImages

U.S. colleges and universities will be embracing diversity training with renewed vigor this fall.

In response to the killing of George Floyd, the massive Black Lives Matter protests and pressure from students, dozens of colleges and universities have made...

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