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contents january/february 2012 • Volume Xi, issue 1 18 Features 18 28 38 42 Departments 58 6 FROM THE EDITORS 8 CALENDAR 10 HEADLINES Cover photos Corbis/Glow Images; Image Source/Glow Images 52 RESEARCH 58 TECHNOLOGY 64 YOUR TURN 66 BOOKSHELF 68 CLASSIFIEDS 72 IDEA EXCHANGE BizEd January/February 2012 1 GLIMPSES OF DIVERSITY Four schools from around the world— France, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.S.—describe how their universities are providing educational opportunities to minorities and other underrepresented groups. DIVERSITY AND THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS How can companies expand their hir- ing practices to include minorities? How can business schools lead the way? The directors of three organiza- tions dedicated to diversity offer hard data and useful suggestions for inte- grating the workforce. DIVERSITY BY THE NUMBERS A quick look at multicultural trends among faculty and students at AACSB member schools. EXPERIMENTS IN TEACHING New courses offered at Rochester Insti- tute of Technology, Shenandoah Uni- versity, and the University of Colorado at Boulder provide new ways to pre- pare students for business and execu- tives for academia.