Opinion: Diversity in the Curriculum is the Next Step for Leadership in a Globally Interconnected World: The assault by minorities on unequal education first begun in the 1940s has resulted in a more diverse student body and faculty throughout academe. Yet without more, this matrix cannot succeed in including all students and preparing them for leadership in a globally interrelated world. To achieve full-blown diversity and fulfill the fundamental mission of higher education in America, the curriculum must change to keep pace with the dynamic of an increasingly diverse student body and professoriate.People of color learned early that the road to opportunity leads through academia. Without education, opportunities for employment and advancement in society were limited.
