Our Compelling Interests⁹

Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor, Series Editors

For a democracy to thrive, diversity is critical. This series promises to explore diversity—in racial, socioeconomic, gender, religious, regional, sexual, and other forms—through accessible, sophisticated, and balanced treatments by leading scholars, writers, intellectuals, and commentators.

What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform Our Institutions Susan Sturm
How to turn the paradoxes built into anti-racism work into drivers of learning and change
Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing Nicholas Lemann
How to make American higher education fairer
The Walls around Opportunity: The Failure of Colorblind Policy for Higher Education Gary Orfield
The case for race-conscious education policy
Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise Eboo Patel
A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identity
The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy Scott E. Page
Edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think
Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise Eboo Patel
A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identity
Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society Edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor
How diversity and difference strengthen democracy and increase prosperity
The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy Scott E. Page
Edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think