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This report contains three studies on diversity in college classrooms. Following a review of the historical background in the introduction, Part 1, "University Faculty Views about the Value of Diversity on Campus and in the Classroom, " offers a discussion of various diversity issues, such as institutional and departmental values; effects on classrooms, research, and teaching; negative effects; student benefits; responses of faculty; and comparisons of male and female responses. Part 2, titled "College Missions, Faculty Teaching, and Student Outcomes in a Context of Low Diversity, " analyzes the content of mission statements of top selective liberal arts colleges; discusses the experience at Macalester College; and summarizes the case for diversity. Part 3, "The Educational Possibility of Multi-Racial/Multi-Ethnic College Classrooms, " attempts to understand the outcomes that result from interactions among diverse students by describing a qualitative study of specific interactive classrooms. Three overarchin