Baldrige Criteria (2006) has defined diversity in a rather broad sense. It refers to
“valuing and benefiting from personal differences. These differences address many
variables including race, religion, color, gender, national origin, disability, sexual
orientation, age, education, geographic origin, and skill characteristics, as well as
differences in ideas, thinking, academic disciplines, and perspectives.” Indeed,
diversity and difference are synonymous and are the character of the today’s world.