Mr. Singal is the author of “The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills.” Diversity training has been around for decades, long before the country’s latest round of racial reckoning.

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We must encourage our institutions to consider such cornerstones in developing and implementing diversity and antiharassment training so that training can be truly effective. How we as faculty members ...

A lot of diversity training programs start with the best intentions and yet fail miserably. Some instructors use skits, role-plays, or group exercises which seem specifically designed to embarrass the ...

This article is excerpted from a Chronicle special report, “The Future of Diversity Training,” available in the Chronicle Store. D iversity-training programs are now practically a rite of passage for ...

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