Diversity at any Cost

Tuesday in the New York Times, Page A1: Colleges Find Diversity Is Not Just Numbers:

[A] growing number of institutions, including Dartmouth, are trying to make that connection happen and are spending millions of dollars on the effort.

Educators say the goal is not just to improve race relations and make minority students feel more welcome, but also to create a new category of graduate � one they describe as culturally versatile, or culturally competent, attributes they expect will become more useful as the nation becomes increasingly diverse.