This book frames a comprehensive approach to diversity that shifts the emphasis from individuals to institutions. The author pushes us past our assumptions and safe ways of seeing difference and inclusion. It is tantamount to a paradigm shift for the entire diversity field. It is a most significant piece of work for this century.

— Yolanda T. Moses, University of California, Riverside

Daryl Smith reminds us in this update of her seminal work on Diversity's Promise that diversity, equity, and inclusion work, does not diminish, but contributes to excellence, and to a healthy democracy.
—Paulette Granberry Russell, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education

With this crucial update, Smith gives us something higher ed leaders and rank-and-file faculty urgently need: a fresh and irrefutable narrative not just in diversity's defense, but one that outflanks the offense.
—Kiernan Mathews, Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network

With increasing calls for campuses to maintain 'neutrality' and polarization regarding issues of diversity, Daryl G. Smith reminds us of the imperative to create campus environments that serve all our students. Years of 'diversity initiatives' have hardly moved the needle towards more pluralistic campus environments. An excellent resource for helping us center our practice in pluralism.
—Susan Borrego, CSU Stanislaus

This new edition of a seminal text is a gift to diversity scholars and practitioners. In an evolving national and global context, when the benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion are being questioned, the author's research offers timely insights into diversity and excellence and the conditions that enable the greatest potential for their transformative impact in higher education.
—Taffye Benson Clayton, Auburn University