AAD Project | Common Ground | Diversity Web | Global Gathering Place | Hall of Multiculturalism| Historical United States Census Data | Honoring Diversity in the Workplace | Multicultural Themes | KIDLINK's Multicultural Calendar| Multicultural Passport | Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources | NNCC-Diversity Database

Background: The AAD Project site <http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/> presents diverse opinions regarding Affirmative Action topics. It is designed to help lend many different voices to the debates surrounding the issues of affirmative action rather than taking a singular pro or con stance. This site is an academic resource, and it provides scholars, students, and the interested public with on-site articles and theoretical analyses, policy documents, current legislative updates, and an annotated bibliography of research and teaching materials.

Audience: Middle School - High School students; Higher Education; Educators

Type of Information Provided: Topics and information covered on the site include:

• Changing definitions of discrimination
• Economics of affirmative action
• Quotas and proportional representation
• Recognizing merit
• Culture and affirmative action
• Individual versus group rights
• Gender-consciousness and gender blindness
• Race blindness and color blindness
• History of affirmative action (including significant court cases)
• Primary Legal documents, theoretical analyses, administrative documents, newspaper and journal articles

Sample Pages from Their Site:

• Changing Definitions of Discrimination-Links to significant documents on:
  • General approaches to discrimination
  • Evolving understandings of discrimination
  • Institutional discrimination
  • Reverse discrimination
  • Victim and perpetrator
  • Evolution of gender discrimination law
  • Glass ceiling
  • Annotated bibliography
• Changing Definitions of Discrimination-Links to significant documents on:
  • Multiculturalism and diversity
  • Extending beyond Afro-American experience
  • Measuring cultural merit
  • European and non-European cultures
  • Language multiplicity and standardization
  • Assimilation, integration and separatism
  • Annotated bibliography

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Background: Common Ground <http://www.asu.edu/studentprgms/orgs/common_ground/links.html> is a student programs organization at Arizona Statue University whose mission is to promote:

the value of diversity through self-exploration, dialogue, educational forums, and community outreach. We are dedicated to alleviating the cycle of oppression and discrimination in all its forms.

Audience: High School students; Higher Education; Educators

Type of Information Provided: Campus and Community Links is a short index of resources that deal with diversity and multicultural/ethnicity issues.

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Background: DiversityWeb is a resource hub for Universities, offering information and support dealing with diversity issues. It is a joint project of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the University of Maryland, with funding from the Ford Foundation.

(See also DiversityWeb-Informative )

Audience: High School students; Higher Education Educators

Types of Information Provided: Their Leadersguide <http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversityweb/Leadersguide/> is an index of links on:

• Institutional Vision, Leadership, & Systemic Change
• Curriculum Transformation
• Faculty and Staff Involvement
• Student Involvement and Development
• Campus-Community Connections
• Political and Legal Issues
• Research, Evaluation, and Impact

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AAD Project | Common Ground | Diversity Web | Global Gathering Place | Hall of Multiculturalism| Historical United States Census Data | Honoring Diversity in the Workplace | Multicultural Themes | KIDLINK's Multicultural Calendar| Multicultural Passport | Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources | NNCC-Diversity Database