Cultural Diversity Management of Ethnic Minority Students in Yunnan Province's Universities

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This research aimed to 1) study the level of cultural diversity management for ethnic minority students in universities in Yunnan Province. 2) explore the components of cultural diversity management for ethnic minority students in universities in Yunnan Province. and 3) propose a model of cultural diversity management for ethnic minority students in universities in Yunnan Province. This research is Mixed Methods Research. The quantitative sample was 504 teachers and administrators from 40 universities in Yunnan Province. The statistics used in this research were percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The qualitative research used in-depth interviews with 9relevant people by purposive selection. The triangulation process was used to analyze the data by interpretation and inductive conclusion generation. The content analysis from documents and interviews was done by descriptive writing.

The research results showed that: 1. The overall level of cultural diversity management for ethnic minority students in universities in Yunnan Province was at a high level, with an average value between 3.44-4.00 and a standard deviation between 0.65- 0.89. This indicates that the informants had opinions on the importance level of each important factor, with each important factor at a high and highest level for distribution. Most of the informants had opinions on the importance of the factors in order. 2. The components of cultural diversity management for ethnic minority students can be divided into 5factors: 1)educational equity and policy support, 2)multicultural education and teaching practices, 3)cultural identity and sense of belonging, 4) cross-cultural communication and interaction, 5) cultural competence and training of teachers, and 3.The cultural diversity management model for ethnic minority students should emphasize comprehensive policies, multicultural education, support for cultural identity, cross-cultural communication, and cultural competence of teachers to promote a supportive and inclusive academic environment for ethnic minority students. These factors are interrelated and important for the management model of cultural diversity for ethnic minority students, by designing the plan through the ethnographic futures research (EFR) technique, a model of cultural diversity management for ethnic minority students in universities in Yunnan Province can be built.