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Next to adjust at SJSU
John Hornberg
Issue date: 5/5/08 Section: News
Of its nearly 32,000 students, SJSU's student population is about 43 percent white according to demographic information for the Fall semester.
One of the qualifications listed by the CSU for the new SJSU president is "Demonstrated success in promoting diversity, and sensitivity to cultural diversity and multi-cultural education."
Henderson said the race and gender of each candidate was considered during the presidential search. The goal, he said, was to find people who would best represent the campus and its diversity.
"We wanted to have diverse candidates," he said. "We definitely wanted to have candidates who were sensitive to race and gender issues on campus."
Each member of the presidential selection committee represented a different constituency, Henderson said, and asked questions of the applicants based on whom they represented.
"It's not just about the diversity of the campus," he said. "But it's about being sensitive to the diversity of the campus."
One of the qualifications listed by the CSU for the new SJSU president is "Demonstrated success in promoting diversity, and sensitivity to cultural diversity and multi-cultural education."
Henderson said the race and gender of each candidate was considered during the presidential search. The goal, he said, was to find people who would best represent the campus and its diversity.
"We wanted to have diverse candidates," he said. "We definitely wanted to have candidates who were sensitive to race and gender issues on campus."
Each member of the presidential selection committee represented a different constituency, Henderson said, and asked questions of the applicants based on whom they represented.
"It's not just about the diversity of the campus," he said. "But it's about being sensitive to the diversity of the campus."
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dave
posted 5/05/08 @ 12:08 PM PST
You guys (the media) are so predictable. As soon as the candidates are named, I already knew this would be the follow up article yammering about the lack of diversity. (Continued…)
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