A common misconception on campuses is that openness to diversity and multiculturalism will evolve with changes in demographics. As related by Troy Duster, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Social Change of the University of California at Berkeley, all over the country academic institutions have been struggling with shifting demography, and the people most engaged in seeking solutions have been student service professionals. The cliche was that this diversity thing is politics. It is not enough to acknowledge the demographic projections. There is a need to change the university's role in responding to a rapidly changing society.
Some universities elect to evolve slowly, even in the face of changing student populations.
A product of such choice is often student protests. There have been ever-increasing efforts by society to overcome the educational shortcomings found in university graduates that enter the workforce. Society has long requested that writing skills of university graduates should improve. The request is now for graduates who also grasp the issues of diversity and can effectively function in a multicultural society. Several corporations now provide incoming employees with the necessary training to this effect.