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Cultural Competency & Leadership the contemporary U.S. university is a truly international institution. It not only reflects a strong international character among its students, faculty, and academic programs but also stands at the center of a world system of learning and scholarship. Yet, despite the intellectual richness of the nation's campuses, universities still suffer from the inherited insularity and ethnocentrism of a country that for much of its history has been protected from the rest of the world and has been self-sufficient--perhaps even self-absorbed--in its economy. Universities must enable all students to appreciate the unique contributions to human culture that come from other traditions--to communicate, to work, to live, and to thrive in multicultural settings whether in this country or anywhere on the face of globe. James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus and professor of science and engineering, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Are we as leaders of a prominent public, land-grant and comprehensive research university able to take up the challenge posed by Dr. Duderstadt to be an active participant in paving the way for a more engaged and inclusive multicultural institution? Workshops in this series will explore:
I think the great mission of the 21st century world is to make it a genuine global community. To move from mere interdependence to integration, to a community that has three characteristics: shared responsibilities, shared benefits, and shared values. William J. Clinton |
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