Download or read book Diversity in Washington Higher Education written by Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving the participation and performance of African American, Latino, American Indian, and Asian American students, faculty and staff in Washington state's higher education system represents a pivotal element of the statewide strategic master plan. This report includes current statistics and trend data for student enrollment, retention, and graduation. An overview of some of the diversity related programs and practices currently in effect is provided. In addition, the report presents a number of recommendations for advancing programmatic efforts to foster greater equity through enhancing diversity in higher education. Three fundamental conclusions derive from the report: (1) While college enrollment for some American racial and ethnic minority students has begun to rebound since 1998 legislation, most of the data reflect areas where the state is at best maintaining the status quo; (2) Continual efforts in state colleges and universities are a step in the right direction, but do not address a greater need for systemic change; and (3) Recommendations for enhancing diversity must address four key areas: (1) Stepping up pre-college efforts; (2) Helping students succeed in college; (3) Improving faculty diversity; and (4) Promoting systemic change. In addition, increasing minority participation and achievement will require greater collaboration among stakeholders, shared responsibility for results, and ongoing benchmarks and accountability measures. Along with research data, the recommendations in this report are based on outreach efforts. Over the past few years, the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) has conducted two surveys aimed at gathering information from the state's public and private, two- and four-year colleges and universities about institutional diversity efforts. Some of those outreach and recruitment strategies are highlighted in this report. The following are appended: (1) Detailed Data Tables; and (2) Pre-College Programs. (Contains 10 footnotes, 1 figure and 19 tables.).

Download or read book Diversity in Washington Higher Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crisis of Race in Higher Education written by William F. Tate IV and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compendium of writings in this edited volume sheds light on the event “Race & Ethnicity: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue” at Washington University in St. Louis and the work current students, faculty, and staff are doing to improve inclusivity on campus and in St. Louis.

Download or read book Minorities in Higher Education written by Manuel J. Justiz and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 22 essays which aim to provide analysis, insight and information on such topics as: minority grants and fellowships; equity in higher education; financial aid strategies for improving minority student participation; and minorities and the new technologies.

Download or read book Diversity in American Higher Education written by Lisa M. Stulberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity has been a focus of higher education policy, law, and scholarship for decades, continually expanding to include not only race, ethnicity and gender, but also socioeconomic status, sexual and political orientation, and more. However, existing collections still tend to focus on a narrow definition of diversity in education, or in relation to singular topics like access to higher education, financial aid, and affirmative action. By contrast, Diversity in American Higher Education captures in one volume the wide range of critical issues that comprise the current discourse on diversity on the college campus in its broadest sense. This edited collection explores: legal perspectives on diversity and affirmative action higher education's relationship to the deeper roots of K-12 equity and access policy, politics, and practice's effects on students, faculty, and staff. Bringing together the leading experts on diversity in higher education scholarship, Diversity in American Higher Education redefines the agenda for diversity as we know it today.

Download or read book What Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher Education written by Frank W. Hale and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A unique reference describing successful diversity initiatives in higher educationHigher education, like the nation, is facing major demographic changes. Our colleges and universities recognize they not only have to be more inclusive, but that they have to provide an environment that will effectively retain and develop the growing population of ethnically and racially diverse students. How ready are they and what should they be doing?Frank W. Hale, Jr. -- known as the "Dean of Diversity" for his pioneering efforts in establishing Ohio State as one of the institutions graduating the most Black Ph.D.s -- has gathered twenty-two leading scholars and administrators from around the country who describe the successful diversity programs they have developed.Recognizing the importance of diversity as a means of embracing the experiences, perspectives and expertise of other cultures, this book shares what has been most effective in helping institutions to create an atmosphere and a campus culture that not only admits students, faculty and staff of color but accepts and welcomes their presence and participation.This is a landmark reference for every institution concerned with inclusivity and diversity. The successes it presents offers academic leaders much they can learn from, and ideas and procedures they can adapt, as they discuss and develop their own campus policies and initiatives. Contributors:Samuel BetancesDonald BrownCarlos E. CortésMyra GordonLinda S. GreeneFrank W. Hale, Jr.Margaret N. HarriganWilliam B. HarveyFreeman A. Hrabowski, IIILee JonesWilliam “Brit” KirwanPaul KivelAntoinette MirandaJoAnn MoodyLeslie N. PollardNeil L. RudenstineWilliam E. SedlacekMac A. StewartM. Rick TurnerClarence G. WilliamsRaymond A. Winbush

Download or read book Access and Success for System Goals for People of Color in Washington Community and Technical Colleges written by Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is designed to provide information for readers, promote discussion, and set the stage for future initiatives to address outcomes for people of color. The data provided speaks to the success that Washington's community and technical colleges have achieved in increasing higher education access and participation for students of color. It also reveals work to be done to improve student of color attainment and transition rates across the system. These challenges offer an important opportunity to work in innovative ways to support more successful outcomes for students of color. A review of the indicators suggest colleges are providing equitable access to the two-year system for students of color in general. Enrollment in college-level courses is also above parity for all groups except Latinos/Hispanics, but for these students too the news related to participation rates is promising, with the percent who are enrolling at college level increasing faster than state population growth. Adult Basic Education (ABE) is the largest single entry point into community colleges for students of color and non-English speakers, most of whom attend as adults for employment-related reasons. Within workforce education, results for students overall are promising. About eight out of 10 workforce students who progress beyond one quarter (15 credits) of training will eventually exit deemed "prepared for work," with little difference in outcomes between any student groups. However on the margins, Latino/Hispanic, Black/African American and Native American students are a little more likely to leave early (with fewer than 15 credits), and when they progress beyond the 15 credit mark, they are still a little less likely to complete credentials or longer training. Progress rates in ABE are lower for Latinos/Hispanics and Native American students than for other students. Too many students stop out after ABE coursework and do not transition into college-level programs. Fewer Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native American students who start out exploring transfer options end up solidly on the pathway, and their rates for becoming transfer-ready are lower than for white and Asian/Pacific Islander students. Finally, faculty and staff are less diverse than the state population, and Washington's employment of diverse faculty and staff is below the national average of 19.3 percent. Considering the increasing diversity of Washington State, all students, not just those of color, will need to learn multicultural skills to support their success in life. More work is needed to recruit and retain faculty and exempt staff of color, to ultimately support the needs of all students. (Contains 5 tables.).

Download or read book Managing Diversity Flashpoints in Higher Education written by Joseph E. Garcia and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a timely topic, which is more and more frequently in the news, this book offers vignettes that will sharpen the reader's ability to recognize and respond to difficult situations sparked by identity differences among faculty, staff, and students in college and university settings. The authors provide a systematic guide to addressing interpersonal conflicts that arise out of issues of identity difference, both for individuals and for campus work teams who provide direct service to students. Managing Diversity Flashpoints in Higher Education empowers readers to diagnose diversity flashpoint situations and positively address them without creating defensiveness and barriers to dialogue. The authors include an overview of the changing ethnic, racial, and gender composition of students in higher education in the United States and the major trends in campus responses to the changing student population. They offer an approach to creating higher education environments that welcome people of all cultural characteristics and promote civility on campus. The book is founded on the authors' research on diversity flashpoints in higher education for which they interviewed a national sample of student affairs professionals. The authors identified uncomfortable interpersonal situations with faculty members in which the discomfort arose from student identity difference. This process led to the formulation of strategies for using vignettes (resulting from interviews) in professional development sessions.

Download or read book Diversity s Promise for Higher Education written by Daryl G. Smith and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daryl G. Smith has devoted her career to studying and fostering diversity in higher education. She has witnessed and encouraged the evolution of diversity from an issue addressed sporadically on college campuses to a reality of the modern university experience. In Diversity’s Promise for Higher Education, Smith brings together scholarly and field research relevant to the next generation of diversity work. The book argues that achieving excellence in a diverse society requires increasing the institutional capacity for diversity while simultaneously working to understand how diversity is tied to better leadership, positive change, research in virtually every field, student success, accountability, and more equitable hiring practices. To become more relevant to society, the nation, and the world while remaining true to their core missions, colleges and universities must continue to see diversity—like technology—as central, not parallel, to their work. In Diversity’s Promise for Higher Education, Smith proposes a set of clear and realistic practices that will help colleges and universities locate diversity as a strategic imperative and pursue diversity efforts that are inclusive of the varied—and growing—issues apparent on campuses without losing focus on the critical unfinished business of the past. In this edition, which is aimed at administrators, faculty, researchers, and students of higher education, Smith emphasizes a transdisciplinary approach to the topic of diversity, drawing on an updated list of sources from a wealth of literatures and fields. The tables have been refreshed to include data on faculty diversity over a twenty-year period and the book includes new information about gender identity, stereotype threat, student success, the growing role of chief diversity officers, the international emergence of diversity issues, faculty hiring, and implicit bias.

Download or read book The Diversity Bargain written by Natasha K. Warikoo and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’ve heard plenty from politicians and experts on affirmative action and higher education, about how universities should intervene—if at all—to ensure a diverse but deserving student population. But what about those for whom these issues matter the most? In this book, Natasha K. Warikoo deeply explores how students themselves think about merit and race at a uniquely pivotal moment: after they have just won the most competitive game of their lives and gained admittance to one of the world’s top universities. What Warikoo uncovers—talking with both white students and students of color at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford—is absolutely illuminating; and some of it is positively shocking. As she shows, many elite white students understand the value of diversity abstractly, but they ignore the real problems that racial inequality causes and that diversity programs are meant to solve. They stand in fear of being labeled a racist, but they are quick to call foul should a diversity program appear at all to hamper their own chances for advancement. The most troubling result of this ambivalence is what she calls the “diversity bargain,” in which white students reluctantly agree with affirmative action as long as it benefits them by providing a diverse learning environment—racial diversity, in this way, is a commodity, a selling point on a brochure. And as Warikoo shows, universities play a big part in creating these situations. The way they talk about race on campus and the kinds of diversity programs they offer have a huge impact on student attitudes, shaping them either toward ambivalence or, in better cases, toward more productive and considerate understandings of racial difference. Ultimately, this book demonstrates just how slippery the notions of race, merit, and privilege can be. In doing so, it asks important questions not just about college admissions but what the elite students who have succeeded at it—who will be the world’s future leaders—will do with the social inequalities of the wider world.

Download or read book Perspectives on Diverse Student Identities in Higher Education written by Jaimie Hoffman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides educators with a global understanding of the challenges associated with the growing diversity of student identities in higher education, and it provides evidence-based strategies for addressing the challenges associated with implementing equity and inclusion at different higher education institutions around the world.

Download or read book Preparing All Educators for Cultural Diversity written by George Washington University. Institute for Education Policy Studies and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Quest for Equity in Higher Education written by Beverly Lindsay and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2001-08-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the role of equity, diversity, and affirmative action in colleges and universities in the United States, this book critically examines the issues in light of public debates, voter referenda, and legislative enactments seeking to influence public policy. The contributors argue that providing information and critical skills to students and scholars, preparing students for the world of work (especially in a rapidly changing technological environment), and generating new research and knowledge bases are missions of higher education that can be enhanced with affirmative action as a form of equity.

Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education written by Miriam E. David and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 4051 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education is in a state of ferment. People are seriously discussing whether the medieval ideal of the university as being excellent in all areas makes sense today, given the number of universities that we have in the world. Student fees are changing the orientation of students to the system. The high rate of non repayment of fees in the UK is provoking difficult questions about whether the current system of funding makes sense. There are disputes about the ratio of research to teaching, and further discussions about the international delivery of courses.

Download or read book When Diversity Drops written by Julie J. Park and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie J. Park examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at “California University,” as a case study to show how reductions in racial diversity impact the ability of students to sustain multiethnic communities. The story documents IVCF’s evolution from a predominantly white group that rarely addressed race to the most racially diverse campus fellowship at the university. However, its ability to maintain its multiethnic membership was severely hampered by the drop in black enrollment at California University following the passage of Proposition 209, a statewide affirmative action ban. Park demonstrates how the friendships that students have—or do not have—across racial lines are not just a matter of personal preference or choice; they take place in the contexts that are inevitably shaped by the demographic conditions of the university. She contends that a strong organizational commitment to diversity, while essential, cannot sustain racially diverse student subcultures. Her work makes a critical contribution to our understanding of race and inequality in collegiate life and is a valuable resource for educators and researchers interested in the influence of racial politics on students’ lives.

Download or read book Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education written by Shaun R. Harper and published by . This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-Four readings in this 3rd edition collectively show how race has influenced and continues to affect all aspects of American higher education. This volume offers a comprehensive selection of seminal and contemporary publications that are situated across various postsecondary contexts. It is organized around six focal areas of study in the field of higher education: (1) History; (2) Students; (3) Faculty; (4) Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; (5) Organizations, Leadership and Governance; and (6) Policy, Finance and Economics. Also included is a seventh section devoted entirely to critical race perspectives on higher education.

Download or read book The Challenge of Diversity Involvement Or Alienation in the Academy written by Daryl G. Smith and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005-05-18 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of The Challenge of Diversity with new introduction from the editors, which compares today's statistics to those in 1989. The original monograph is still valuable and relevant, and it is presented in its original form. In 1989 when The Challenge of Diversity was first published, the monograph made the case that the country's changing demographics required reframing diversity to focus on institutions' capacity to educate and involve an increasingly diverse student population. Looking at current research, the book pointed to patterns of alienation, not involvment. Our demographics are indeed different today, but many of the same challenges remain: access and success for historically underrepresented minority groups, but also the basic institutional issues such as curriculum, climate, and hiring. At the same time, the context has changed: nontraditional students (older students, women, and part-timers) are now mainstream, and numbers of some minority groups and multiracial students continues to grow. While higher education has changed profoundly, our institutions still have not yet developed the capacity to successfuly educate the diversity of students present on our campuses today. In addition, we are experiencing a backlash to some diversity initiatives, and societal factors indicate that higher education needs to become more proactive in responding favorably to diversity. If the monograph were first published today, we would call it The Imperative of Diversity. This is Volume 30 Issue 6 of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report.