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Allen, Danielle. “Toward a Connected Society.” In Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society, edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor, 71-105. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. Publisher's Version
Appiah, Kwame Anthony. Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 2006. Publisher's Version
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Holoien, Deborah Son. Do Differences Make a Difference? The Effects of Diversity on Learning, Intergroup Outcomes, and Civic Engagement. Report of the Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity. Princeton: Princeton University, 2013. Publisher's VersionAbstract

As part of its work, the Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity commissioned a literature review that examines various research on how experiencing diversity influences learning, intergroup attitudes and behavior, and civic engagement, particularly in school and workplace environments.

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Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Publisher's Version
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Page, Scott E. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Publisher's Version
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Swann Jr., William B., Jeffrey T. Polzer, Daniel Conor Seyle, and Sei Jin Ko. “Finding Value in Diversity: Verification of Personal and Social Self- Views in Diverse Groups.” Academy of Management Review 29, no. 1 (2004): 9-27. Publisher's Version
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Walton, Gregory M. “The Myth of Intelligence.” In Education, Justice, and Democracy, edited by Danielle Allen and Rob Reich. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013. Publisher's VersionAbstract

This chapter, which draws on recent work in psychology to demonstrate the socially situated nature of human intelligence, shows that intellectual performance is not simply lodged within individuals' high test scores, straight As are not owned by a person alone, and poor scores or bad grades are not only the student's responsibility. Rather, intellectual performance is an emergent property of persons and social situations—an interaction between the two. These findings suggest that conceptualizing “intelligence” as a stable property of individuals and a reliable way of distinguishing between them may be inappropriate.