Strategies for Promoting Pluralism in Education and the Workplace - (Bibliographies and Indexes in) (Hardcover)

About the Book

The editors and their contributors explore the world from a pluralistic perspective. There are several models proposed and used by authors that could serve as a framework for multicultural and diversity programs in both education and the workplace. The implementation of programs which target the workplace and specific strategies for success are identified. The international implications of globalization and the need for international as well as at home experiences are addressed by several authors. Regional research-based programs and strategies, in particular academic disciplines to promote pluralism, are explored from the university perspective. These models, strategies, and research findings should prove to be most useful for individuals seeking to implement programs to promote pluralism.

Book Synopsis

The editors and their contributors explore the world from a pluralistic perspective. There are several models proposed and used by authors that could serve as a framework for multicultural and diversity programs in both education and the workplace. The implementation of programs which target the workplace and specific strategies for success are identified. The international implications of globalization and the need for international as well as at home experiences are addressed by several authors. Regional research-based programs and strategies, in particular academic disciplines to promote pluralism, are explored from the university perspective. These models, strategies, and research findings should prove to be most useful for individuals seeking to implement programs to promote pluralism.

Review Quotes

?The writing style is clear and the author's arguments persuasive. Recommended.?-Multicultural Review

"The writing style is clear and the author's arguments persuasive. Recommended."-Multicultural Review

About the Author

LYNNE BRODIE WELCH is Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing in Health Sciences at Marshall University. She has edited three Praeger books, Perspectives on Minority Women in Higher Education (1992), Perspectives on Faculty Roles in Nursing Education (1992), and Women in Higher Education (1990).

BETTY JANE CLECKLEY is Professor of Social Work and Vice President for Multicultural and International Programs at Marshall University.

MARILYN MCCLURE is Assistant Professor of Journalism in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University.