The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota requires all undergraduate students to complete at least two courses which have a primary focus on Afro-American, American Indian, Asian American, and/or Chicano cultures. This U.S. Cultural Pluralism Requirement, as it is called, was adopted in 1985 after two years of intense debate. In this article, the considerations that went into the shaping and ultimate adoption of this requirement are recounted and analyzed.
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