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Latino-Native American Cultural Center newspaper clippings, 1970-2001
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The Daily Iowan http://128.55.60.56/cgi-bin/LivIQue.acgi$rec=3158?Arts The UI considers faculty, staff and students individually. In so doing, the UI considers many relevant factors which Strang characterizes as objective. However, even so-called objective criteria are often standardized preferences upon which we have come to rely. Test scores alone don't describe the whole person, nor do leadership experiences alone, particularly if leadership is narrowly defined. AT least Strang gets it right in his final paragraph. He states: "People of different backgrounds do bring valuable insights about the world in which we live. To find out how each will add to the diversity of the UI, we must look to the individual to see what qualities that person will bring, discarding worn-out racial and gender stereotypes that are unfair to all involve." I agree, and the UI affirmative action program does. Susan Mask is assistant to the president and director of the UI's Affirmative Action Office [insert] Talk trash with your kids! [Home|Search|Front|Metro & Iowa|Nation & World|Viewpoints|Sports|Arts|80 Hours] 3 of 3 4/15/99 1:27 PM
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The Daily Iowan http://128.55.60.56/cgi-bin/LivIQue.acgi$rec=3158?Arts The UI considers faculty, staff and students individually. In so doing, the UI considers many relevant factors which Strang characterizes as objective. However, even so-called objective criteria are often standardized preferences upon which we have come to rely. Test scores alone don't describe the whole person, nor do leadership experiences alone, particularly if leadership is narrowly defined. AT least Strang gets it right in his final paragraph. He states: "People of different backgrounds do bring valuable insights about the world in which we live. To find out how each will add to the diversity of the UI, we must look to the individual to see what qualities that person will bring, discarding worn-out racial and gender stereotypes that are unfair to all involve." I agree, and the UI affirmative action program does. Susan Mask is assistant to the president and director of the UI's Affirmative Action Office [insert] Talk trash with your kids! [Home|Search|Front|Metro & Iowa|Nation & World|Viewpoints|Sports|Arts|80 Hours] 3 of 3 4/15/99 1:27 PM
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