Georgetown seeks to educate leaders in the global, racially-, ethnically-, culturally-, linguistically-diverse world. They cannot be “men and women for others” if they cannot take on the position of the “other.”... Some of our students, however, have grown up in environments more isolated on race/ethnicity and class. Georgetown needs to provide experiences that give them understanding and skills to thrive in a multicultural environment. We can’t assume that diversity in numbers automatically produces rich inter-cultural, inter-racial, and inter-class interactions... Our “Designing the Future(s) of the University” effort is a wonderful opportunity to ask ourselves about new models for building a culture with an inter-class, inter-culture environment. I suspect that success on this requires real engagement from faculty, students, and alumni. We all have a race, a culture, and an ethnicity. We are all part of the solution... Getting better on this issue requires all of our attentions. A set of student leaders on this issue has been identified; a set of administrators and faculty has pledged their energy to work on the issues. Engaging alumni needs to happen. When Georgetown people work together toward a common goal, wonderful things can happen. This is a time to do so. ~ Georgetown Provost Robert Groves --- YES, YES, YES, HALLELUJAH! NOW, we need to push him on this!
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:44:20 +0000
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