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College Role

• Poll Confirms That Americans Want Diversity on Campuses
  A recent Ford Foundation national survey found that 71% of Americans think diversity education does more to bring Americans together than drive them apart. Two-thirds felt colleges and universities should take explicit steps to ensure student body diversity; three-fourths want to ensure faculty diversity.
• Preparing Students as Global Citizens.
  This report was prepared by The "Preparing Students as Global Citizens" Task Force of Howard Community College's Commission on the Future. The principal issue addressed by this task force was to identify ways in which Howard Community College (Maryland) can prepare its students to be effective citizens in a global society.
• Professional development schools: Looking ahead
  Speculates on the future of Professional Development Schools (PDSs), examining: the Holmes Group's beginning vision of PDSs; PDS progress; persistent problems; the vision of learning and learning to teach; the role of the university at large; the structures of schools and PDSs; teachers' roles; recent enabling trends; and a primary purpose for PDSs.