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Article: Dimensions of multicultural education: implications for higher education. (Multiculuralism and Diversity)
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- National Forum
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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A great deal of public and professional attention has been paid in recent years to the topic of multicultural education. Divergent views on its scope and meaning have been expressed in the popular press as well as in the journals of learned societies. Yet much misunderstanding remains about the scope and intent of bringing multicultural perspectives to the curricula of this nation's universities.
Some of this misunderstanding has been engendered by such critics of multicultural education as Arthur Schlesinger (The Disuniting of America, 1991 ) and Dinesh D' Souza (Illiberal Education, 1991) who allege that incorporating various cultural and gender perspectives into ...