Diversity goes beyond colour and ethnic backgrounds, also including customs, cultural and religious experiences, political views, sexual orientation, and more.
多样性是一个超越肤色、种族背景，并包括习俗、文化、宗教经历、政治观点、性取向在内的特性。
The very definition of ‘diverse’, according to Cambridge Dictionary, is “including many different types of people or things”. Universities are constantly encouraged to employ a diverse faculty – and for good reason. In today’s global market, people are travelling more, and working abroad has become a lot more accessible. People of all walks of life can easily travel across borders and boundaries to exchange ideas and share knowledge with each other.
据《剑桥词典》，多样性的定义是“包括许多不同类型的人或事物”。大学不断被鼓励雇佣多样化的教师，这有充足的理由。在当今全球市场环境下人们常常外出旅游，在国外工作也变得越来越容易，各行各业的人轻松跨越国界和边界交流思想、分享知识。
Plus, the growth of online programmes makes it easier for remote faculty members to engage with students all over the world. It has thus become easier for universities to make their faculty more diverse, yet many still haven’t fully embraced just how important it is. Here is why having a diverse faculty is extremely important and beneficial not only to students, but also institutions and faculty members themselves.
此外，在线课程的发展使得远程教师更容易与世界各地的学生接触，因此对大学而言，让教师队伍更加多元化也变得容易，但如今仍有学校未完全明白这一重要性。教师队伍多样化不仅对学生有利，同样利于学校及教师自身发展，这也是为什么这是一件极为重要的事情。
According to the report National Viewpoint: The Importance of Hiring a Diverse Faculty, “a diverse faculty will allow students to be exposed to a wide array of ideas, cultures, and individuals. In a diverse student population students need to be exposed to teachers who are like them. They need to see people who have an impact on their lives, look like them, sound like them, and have similar life experiences.”
据《国家观点：雇佣多元化教师的重要性》：多样化教师队伍可以让学生广泛接触各种思想、文化和个体，在多样化学生群体中，学生需要接触像他们一样（多元化）的老师。他们需要接触那些看起来像他们、听起来像他们且有类似生活经历的人做他们的老师，并对他们的人生产生影响。
This is important for educators and institutions if they need another reason to have a diverse faculty. According to the National Viewpoint: The Importance of Hiring a Diverse Faculty report, “Diversifying the faculty reduces the amount of discrimination claims. If educators of different cultural backgrounds are aware that the educational institution openly hires those of diverse cultures, they are more apt to want to work for the institution and least likely to feel discriminated against.”
如果需要另一个理由支持队伍多样化的重要性，这点对教育工作者和机构来说很重要：据《国家观点：雇佣多元化教师的重要性》，教师多样化减少了歧视索赔的数量。如果不同文化背景的教育工作者指导教育机构公开雇佣不同文化背景的人，他们更倾向于为该机构工作，并不太可能在该机构感到受歧视。
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