Given the diverse backgrounds of our students, faculty and staff, UC offered these seminars to make people aware of how their words or actions may be interpreted when used in certain contexts.
There has been considerable coverage of the influence of faith-based education on evolution rejection in the UK (Williams 2008), but without a detailed analysis of the school backgrounds of our students, it is not possible to ascribe the causes of the trends we have found.
This can sometimes be explained by racial, ethnic or social discrimination [ 17, 18], but that is not the case here, since the social, ethnic and racial backgrounds of our students were very homogeneous.
Our strong commitment to diversity is evident in the wide variety of backgrounds, life experiences, and cultures of our students.
Almost 10 years Qualcomm, one of San Diego's high-tech success stories, asked me to look into giving more of our students a background in information and communication technologies.
Because many of our students have backgrounds in economics or business/accounting, the highest number of exemptions is usually given for MGRECON 780: Managerial Economics; ACCOUNTG 590: Financial Accounting; and MARKETNG 795: Marketing Management.
We could not accomplish the work we do without the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our student body.
Our commitment to diversity is reflected in the wide range of backgrounds, hometowns, interests, and life experiences of our student body.
However, because of the diverse cultural background of the students' in our study we leave open the question of how students long term educational aspirations relate to achievement and the motivational constructs.
Beau on the other hand went to a California high school and is an American convert to Islam — so he is familiar with the kind of backgrounds and experiences of our domestic students who are Muslim".
