Although the issue of diversity continues to grow in salience in the field of public affairs education, evidence about the way academic programs respond to diversity is still sparse. Studies of public organizations suggest that, despite support for egalitarian policies, many may fail to make the critical link between diversity and other organizational policies and practices.This article compares organizational responses to diversity in two professional schools: a school of public affairs and a school of law. Using the school of law as a benchmark, we find that neither case can be characterized as exemplary in integrating diversity into organizational policies and practices, but public affairs clearly lags law on many important diversity indicators.
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