It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversi

It's very interesting to note where the debate about diversity (多样化) is taking place.It is taking place primari1y in political circles.Here at the College Fund,we have a lot of contact with top corporate (公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity.In fact,they say that if their companies are to compete in the g1oba1 village and in the global market place,diversity is an imperative.They also say that the need for talented,skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees.And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting,corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities,more women and more immigrants.Corporate leaders know that if that doesn't occur in our society,they will not have the engineers,the scientists,the lawyers,or the business managers they will need.
Likewise,I don’t hear people in the academy saying,“Let’s go backward.Let's go back to the good old days,when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格降人才)” (which was never true—we never had a meritocracy,although we’ve come closer to it in the last 30 years,) I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years.I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time,and she remembers that when she first joined the community,there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus.Now,all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity.So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media—not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.

知道多样化讨论在哪里举行,是非常有趣的.主要在政界举行.在大学基金,我们经常接触公司的领导；他们都不会考虑去除能产生多样化的文件.实际上,他们说如果他们公司在g1oba1 village和全球市场竞争,多样化是非常重要的.他们还说,如果需要有才能和有经验的美国人,我们必须扩大潜在员工的共享.
在审视人口出身率增长的地方和人口迁移的地方,美国公司知道扩大人员共享就意味着政策的创立,帮助更多的不同信仰的人,女性和移民.公司领导们知道,如果这个实现不了,他们就不可能拥有他们需要的工程师,科学家,律师和商业经理.
同样,我没听过研究院的人说“让我们回到从前,回到从前我们不拘一格降人才的时代”（这不是真的,我们从来没有实现过英才管理,虽然在过去的30年里我们离它很接近）.我最近访问了纽约少数几个大学,他们在过去6年里不同信仰的人人数多了一倍.我访问了一个美籍非洲教授,他已经在那里很长时间了,记得他刚进这个团体的时候,学校不同信仰的人很少,手指头都能数得过来.现在,所以人都觉得多样化后学校变得更好了.所以,我们听多样化讨论是在政界和媒体,而不是公司会议室或大学校园.