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Education That Is Multicultural and Achievement
Diversity Factor Definitions

GENDER

Classification into masculine or feminine

RACE

A division of any group of persons characterized by a more or less distinctive combination of physical traits transmitted in descent

REGION

Pertaining to a localized part of a particular country

RELIGION

Something one believes in or follows devotedly

DISABILITY

Deficiency of physical or mental ability

ETHNICITY

Pertaining to a group of people of the same race or nationality sharing common and distinctive cultural characteristics

LANGUAGE

Any system of formalized symbols, sign, etc., used or conceived as a means of communication

AGE

The length of time a being or thing has existed

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

The financial and social condition of a person in relation to others

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

A general inclination to persons of the same sex.