In response to increasing legal and political challenges, colleges are moving toward a pluralism framework for diversity. This shift includes implementing new initiatives to better engage students with diverse perspectives. University leaders articulate the difficulties they face, often feeling personally accountable for student behavior and polarization on campus. Conversations among college presidents reveal that students arrive with pre-formed beliefs shaped by their backgrounds, complicating the task of fostering constructive dialogue and understanding among peers. The need for effective engagement strategies in this diverse landscape has never been more critical.
"To be held personally and professionally responsible for the behavior of ten thousand students is deeply unfair," Tetlow said.
"They're not tabula rasa," Rich Lyons, the chancellor of U.C. Berkeley, said. Young people who have faced economic hardship tend to bring with them hardened perspectives."
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