Westwood : Cultural Diversity Grant
UCLA has received a grant of $100,000 from the Ford Foundation to develop campus projects on cultural diversity.
According to campus officials, the money will be used to develop a core lecture course for undergraduates on “American Culture and Aesthetic Values,” create eight multicultural courses in specific disciplines, develop an informal lecture series on “Ethnic Los Angeles” to be offered in the residence halls and coordinate the new curricula with existing arts and cultural programs.
School officials said they hoped the grant would enhance UCLA’s ability to “provide students with an extraordinary opportunity, not only to learn about multiculturalism but also to experience and participate in it.”
The grant is one of 19 totaling $1.6 million awarded through the Ford Foundation’s new Race Relations and Cultural Diversity Initiative.
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