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Background: Diversity Digest <http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversityweb/Digest/> is the online journal from DiversityWeb. It is published quarterly.

(see also DiversityWeb-Interactive; DiversityWeb-Informative; DiversityWeb-Databases )

Audience: Higher Education; Educators

Types of Information Offered: The Fall 1999 issue covers topics under "Institutional Leadership and Commitment":

• Institutional Leadership and Commitment
• Faculty Involvement
• Campus and Community Connections
• Research
• Media Watch
• Student Experiences
• Resources

Sample Pages from Their Site:

• Diversity Plans: What Impact Can They Have?-is an article which looks at the impact that university diversity plans have had in the past and the route that diversity plans should take in the future.
• What Happens Next?-examines the long-term impact of diversity education on students..

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Background: The National Civil Rights Museum <http://www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/> is an educational institution designed to help visitors understand the civil rights movement and how this movement impacted movements for social rights worldwide. The site, sponsored and hosted by ROAD RUNNER of the Mid-South, a division of Time Warner Communications, was created in December 1997.

Audience: Elementary - High School students; Educators

Types of Information Offered: The Museum's Interactive Tour is an online display of the exhibit.

Sample Pages from Their Site:

• Interactive Tour -chronicles the history of Civil Rights in the United States.

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Background: Holidays: Celebrating Diversity and Meeting Children's Developmental Needs <http://www.nncc.org/Curriculum/dc32_holidays.divers.html> is an article published by the National Network for Child Care.

Audience: Educators

Types of Information Offered: Topics covered in the article include:

• Thinking Critically About the Curriculum
• Group Care Issues in Holidays
• Developmental Needs of Children
• Holiday Art: Product and Process
• Holidays as Cultural Concepts
• Holidays as a Way to Learn About "Different People"
• Using Children's Comments to Introduce "Diversity"
• Processing Our Thoughts and Feelings as Adults

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