1. William B. Harvey University of Virginia July 29, 2006 It's Not Your Grandfather's University: The Impact of Technology and Diversity in the Contemporary Academy

2. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 May you live in interesting times.

3. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Current period has seen incredible change.

4. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Over 50 years since Brown vs. Board of Education.

5. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Brown vs. Board also affected higher education.

6. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Approximately 1-2% of African American students enrolled in predominantly white institutions at the start of the Civil Rights movement.

7. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 PWI’s were overwhelmingly white and largely male.

8. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Institutions were also technology light.

9. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Diversity became an asset, rather than a liability.

10. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Forward looking institutions embraced diversity and recognized the critical value of technology.

11. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Universities invested in implementing technology across the institution- diversity investments were much more limited.

12. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Enrollments of students of color have increased substantially.

13. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 A majority of those students are in 2 year, not 4-year institutions.

14. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 The representation of faculty of color has increased only modestly.

15. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Institutions of higher education have been historically resistant to change.

16. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Technology changes are embraced as improvements to the learning environment.

17. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Diversity changes encounter passive resistance, and are often interpreted as lessening the academic quality of the institution.

18. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 The stated interest in diversity is not reflected in institutional actions or investments.

19. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Diversity at the student level is not enough - faculty, administration and curriculum must also be diverse.

20. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 Demographic changes and global competitiveness are compelling reasons to achieve greater diversity.

21. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 With technological change happening all around us, and at an ever- accelerating pace,

22. Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and EquityJuly 29, 2006 How do we infuse the critical importance of diversity at all levels into the hands and heads of those who represent the majority populations in our institutions of higher learning?