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DIVERSITY T GLIMPSES OF Four schools, four approaches to bringing diversity to campus. BY SHARON SHINN oday's multicultural, globally connected corporations require diverse employees who are comfortable work- ing in high finance on Wall Street or on microfinance projects in emerging economies. And those MNCs are looking to business schools to produce graduates who not only reflect a broad ethnic mix, but also have experience working with all kinds of people from all parts of the world. Business schools are responding by identifying and educat- ing diverse students to prepare them for business careers. But their challenge is not a simple one. As ESSEC Business School's Pierre Tapie notes, "There is a diversity of human diversities in the world," and business schools focus on different ones. Some countries struggle with ethnic diversity; others must see to the needs of aging populations; and others look for ways to serve disadvantaged communities. Here, BizEd presents glimpses of how four universities from four different regions of the world are working to improve diversity. These educators explain what diversity means at their schools and how they're addressing it through outreach programs and on-campus initiatives. Whether they're mentor- ing Native Americans in New Mexico or recruiting M¯aori in New Zealand, these schools are determined to diversify their student bodies—and prepare the next generation of business leaders to truly lead. RUBBERBALL/GLOW IMAGES; RUBBERBALL/GLOW IMAGES; IMAGE SOURCE/GLOW IMAGES