campus diversity

University population variety

Campus diversity refers to the demographic variety among students, faculty, and staff at a college or university—differences in race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, religion, gender, sexuality, and national origin.

The term often appears in discussions of admissions policies and institutional priorities: The university is committed to campus diversity.

Critics sometimes use it dismissively to suggest superficial representation without meaningful inclusion.

Related

identity politics · affirmative action · bias training · multiculturalism · immigration status · disability · gender · socioeconomic status · ethnicity · minority representation · underrepresented groups · peer mentoring · equity · pluralism · cultural centers · religion · hiring practices · inclusion

Opposites
demographic composition

campus diversitymonoculture

Single-crop agricultural system

underrepresentation

institutional philosophy

campus diversityexclusion

Being barred from participation

segregation · discrimination · elitism

intellectual/viewpoint plurality

campus diversitygroupthink

Conformity-driven poor decisions

echo chamber · orthodoxy

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G