The higher education (HE) environment in the United States (US) is becoming increasingly diverse global and multicultural (Toossi 2002). Twenty years ago the higher education population was predominantly white middle class (Knapp Kelly-Reid Ginder Miller 2008) but there has been a demographic shift and this along with an increase in access to technology has made HE more accessible to an increasing immigrant population (O'Donnell 2006). When African American Hispanic and students from other backgrounds (US Department of Commerce Census Bureau 2006) are added to the ethnic mix lecturers need to keep pace with and be aware of these multiple variations in cultural identity and how this impacts on the student learning experience (Heistad 2005).
In this chapter we examine an American perspective on managing diversity in educational groupings with a look at Marian University Wisconsin and more particularly at their Sport and Recreation Management Programme (SRMP) run by the School of Business.
