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multiculturalism vs colorblind diversity ideology-reducing the racial achievement gap

  • The study analyzed underrepresented racial minority students (URM)'s grades over 2 years in comparison to white/asian students
  • They found that a multicultural approach to diversity ideologies help to improve URMs grades (and does not affect white/asian students), and thus helps to close the racial achievement gap
  • main takeaway-colleges cannot simply acknowledge diversity and inclusion-the specific way that they go about it matters

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Updated 2020-12-01

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