DIVERSITY & INCLUSION: ANALYTICS FOR
SOCIAL IMPACT

EC2019 Volume 13

Michael Johnson, Volume Co-editor

Anahita Khojandi, Volume Co-editor

Pinar Keskinocak, Volume Co-editor

George Chichirau, Editorial Assitant

Anne G. Robinson, Series Editor

Diversity has recently become the Swiss Army Knife of policy, management, and practice in the United States, and in many other countries as well. The concept seems to fit perfectly into the language of modern politics, referring to plurality, harmony, exchange, tolerance, and fairness. Its main characteristic is an extreme sort of plasticity, which allows its users to connect the term to a wide range of ideas. It refers to all manner of difference: personal identity, professional practice styles, community characteristics.

This Editor's Cut highlights a number of especially interesting points of view, seeking to highlight outstanding case studies but also internal contradictions, because diversity can refer to completely different things in universities, political parties, or the business world.