Many campuses now require students to take at least one diversity course in order to graduate.
Many of the courses students take to fulfill these requirements are offered through ethnic studies or women's studies programs. However, the survey also found that those students taking the courses to satisfy the requirement were clustered in only a few lower-level courses. Most importantly, the University of Vermont found little difference in the approval ratings for courses that were taken predominantly to fulfill the race and ethnicity requirement and those that were taken for personal student interest. Faculty of color and white faculty members' approval ratings were virtually the same. In addition to achieving these learning goals, students registered strong enthusiasm for their instructors.