Date of Award
11-21-2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Mary Hocks - Chair
Second Advisor
Dr. Marti Singer
Third Advisor
Dr. George Pullman
Abstract
This thesis focuses on the guidelines that university governing bodies have adopted in order to regulate the actions of its student population and the factors that influenced their decisions. The evaluation of these guidelines is not a judicial analysis, but an analysis of the rhetorical aspects associated with the guidelines. The thesis contends that the current rhetoric of diversity on American college campuses, while drafted with the best of intentions, fails due to the limitations that it places on its students, the morality argument in which it draws strength, and the increase in differences, not acceptance, that it creates. The research utilizes specific examples of problems that are a direct result of University diversity policies and how they create a prison like structure in which those attending the University must adhere to the uncontested rules of the authority.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1059507
Recommended Citation
Faust, Adam C., "A Rhetorical Analysis of an American University's Diversity Policy." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2008.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1059507