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?Diversity? Money ? Well Spent?

In 2007 the University of Iowa increased its budget for the ?administrative costs for affirmative action, diversity and multicultural programs? by 25%. ?UI expects to spend $738,718 in FY 2007 compared to $589,018 in FY 2006.?

And what did all those ?affirmative action, diversity and multicultural programs? achieve?

Non-minority students graduated at a 67 percent rate compared with a 57 percent rate for minority students, according to six-year-graduation rates from 2001 to 2007.

But let?s not harp on the half of the glass that?s empty. I?m sure that the 43% who left school without graduating took great pride and satisfaction, while they were still at Iowa, in providing ?diversity? to the white and Asian students.

Full post as published by Discriminations on February 02, 2008 (boomark / email).