Upon arriving at Douglass, she expanded the school’s “global village” program, extending it beyond a focus on culture and language to address issues. Students studied everything from human rights to sexual slavery of women to conflicts in the Middle East, with travel abroad becoming a key learning tool, recalls Kimberly Owens, director of the Douglass Recruitment Office. The expansion increased diversity at the school, Owens says.
At Cedar Crest, which is 6.7 percent Hispanic, 5.9 percent Black, just under 2 percent Asian/Pacific Islander and 1 percent American Indian, Ambar says she will look at search committees to improve faculty diversity and increased scholarship money to recruit a more diverse student body.
Overall, she says schools need to pay attention to diversity and women’s education. “I believe that the institutions that get that right over the next 10 years will be the most sought-after universities in the country,” she says.
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