Date of Award
1-1-1991
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Center for the Advancement of Education
Advisor
Frederick C. Kintzer
Committee Member
John R. West
Committee Member
Ross E. Moreton
Committee Member
Peter Mills
Keywords
academic deans, administrators, campus climate, campus leadership, changing campus, christian colleges, clarification of feelings, college administrators, college community, college faculty, college staff, cultural issues, current practices, data collection, development program delivery, effective program development, equitable reward system, ethnic pluralism, faculty and staff, faculty participation, goal and objectives, human resources, implementation plan, in-depth interviews, institutional involvement, interdepartmental collaboration, literature review, methods of investigation, multicultural needs, multicultural orientation program, need assessment, overall mission statement, parameters for involvement, practical components, program clarification, program components, program development, program evaluation, program implementation, racial diversity, race relations, recommendations, representative committee, review of literature, semi-structured interviews, staffing, student questionnaires, success facilitation, systematic evaluation, training programs, variable rationale, west coast christian college
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to identify the practical components of a successful multicultural orientation program for faculty and staff at West Coast Christian College. The case study method was utilized as a problem-solving process to determine the multicultural needs of the college community, to identify current practices in multicultural programs and other institutions and to develop the program with a plan for implementation and evaluation.
The methods of investigation utilize in this project included a review of significant and relevant literature about multicultural orientation issues in general, race, relations, campus, climate, multicultural, orientation, program, guidelines, staffing, and program development. Additional procedures include the use of questionnaire, administered to current undergraduate students, faculty and staff of the college and all Christian Colleges in California. Complementary data were obtained from using in-depth, semi-structured interviews with academic deans of university that have a successful multicultural orientation program.
In the overall development of the multicultural orientation program for faculty and staff at West Coast Christian College, it was concluded that ethnic pluralism on campus, changing, campus, climate, involvement of campus leadership, training programs for faculty and staff to sensitize them to cultural issues, racial diversity, and effective development program delivery systems must be addressed. Other considerations were the effective use of human resources for program development, the parameters for institutional involvement, and the interdepartmental corporation between administrators. Another concern was that college administrators would consider rewarding participants of the program that make a significant difference in facilitating the success of the multicultural orientation program.
Recommendations were offered to develop a variable rationale for the program that is consistent with the goal and objectives of the overall mission statement of the college. The college was also advised to enhance the program by creating a representative committee for faculty and staff participation in the furtherance of the program, to create a variety of program components such as need assessment and clarification of feelings, to utilize faculty and staff in the evaluation process, and to recommend an equitable reward system for faculty and staff.
It was also recommended that the college develop an ongoing systematic evaluation of the program to determine the extent to which these recommendations are accomplished.