Author(s): Easaw Alemayehu Assefa
Acceptance and respect are important to the notion of diversity. It entails accepting the fact that everyone of us is unique and appreciating our differences. Race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, age, physical ability, religious views, political opinions, and other ideologies can all be considered. The abundance of literature on diversity is found globally, but a document analysis paper is very limited. Therefore, the goal of this mini document analysis was to assess the importance of incorporating diversity in the global higher education system. To this effect, after providing a brief background on the current higher education diversity status with its problems, the benefit of teaching and using diversity in higher education, the widespread support for the diversity requirement in higher education, what higher education’s doing in the name of diversity, and why are they doing it was discussed using document review and analysis. Finally, the findings from the reviewed documents indicated that diversity and its management are extremely difficult challenges to handle. They are, however, far more relevant in the educational setting, where knowledge development and transmission are at the center of the institution. It is also recommended that an in-depth feasibility research that focuses on the diversity management in higher educational institution is the need of the day.