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Effecting Extension Organizational Change Toward Cultural Diversity: a Conceptual Framework
Ann C. Schauber. June 2001. Topics include: business case for a culturally diverse organization, organizational climate and organizational culture, measuring Extension's diversity climate.

Facing Issues of Diversity: Rebirthing the Extension System
Ann C. Schauber and Kathy Castania. December 2001. Topics include: the diversity challenge, skills needed, eight guiding principles, national support.

Talk Around the Coffeepot: A Key to Cultural Change Toward Diversity
Ann C. Schauber. December 2001. Topics include: organizational diversity culture, research on supportive, defensive, and uncertain dimensions of Extension's climate toward diversity.

Self as a Cultural Self
Ann C. Schauber. Every one of us is a cultural person. Just as a frame around a painting focuses attention and brings out the features of the painting, a frame around the self can focus attention and bring out the features of an individual. This frame around the self is our culture. This article is Section 2, “The Inquiring Mind Set”, from Ann’s book Working with Differences in Communities.

Communicating Effectively in a Culturally Diverse Meeting
See what is involved in truly understanding what we are intending to communicate to one another.

Working Effectively with Differences in a Multicultural World Discussion Section