By Scott Jaschik. Leading history journal apologizes for assigning review of book on inequality and urban education issues to a professor viewed by many as a white supremacist. More...
27 avril 2017
26 avril 2017
Report Tracks Social Inequity in Higher Education
By Doug Lederman. Students from American families with the highest incomes are almost five times likelier than students from the poorest families to earn a bachelor’s degree by age 24, a new report shows. More...
25 avril 2017
Confronting racial inequality in the academy
By Jason Arday. Recent data from the Equality Challenge Unit's Equality in Higher Education: Statistical Report and its 2011 Experience of Black and Minority Ethnic Staff in HE in England report continue to reveal a dearth of diversification and a lack of representation and visibility for Black and minority ethnic or BME staff in United Kingdom universities, culminating in reduced opportunities for career progression, particularly for those wishing to pursue a career within academia. More...
20 avril 2017
Breaking down barriers to student success
Unacceptable inequality persists in the degree and employment outcomes for certain groups of students. Our new Catalyst Fund programme, ‘Addressing Barriers to Student Success’, will tackle these issues head-on. More...
14 avril 2017
PRESERVATION OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY IN DOCTORAL EDUCATION: Tacit Knowledge, Implicit Bias and University Faculty
Making doctoral education accessible and successful for students from low income, first generation families as well as members of immigrant or specific ethnic groups is a world- wide problem. In the US the traditional explanation for the low numbers of Ph.D. recipients from these groups are lack of preparation, lack of interest and a “leaky pipeline.” These alone are not enough to explain disparities. This article argues that the most powerful vehicles of exclusion are tacit knowledge and the implicit bias of faculty and is related to doctoral/faculty socialization. Faculty share the values and prejudices of the broader society and those of their own group—one which in the US is predominately white, male and from well-educated middle class families. More...
14 avril 2017
Rapport mondial sur les salaires 2016/2017: les inégalités salariales au travail
L’édition 2016/17 analyse les inégalités sur le lieu de travail, en distinguant les inégalités salariales à l’intérieur des entreprises des différences salariales entre entreprises. Le rapport fait aussi le point sur les questions clés en matière de politiques salariales.
- Rapport mondial sur les salaires 2016/2017: les inégalités salariales au travail [EPUB] epub - 10.5 MB
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« Le Rapport mondial sur les salaires tient une place centrale dans l’analyse des tendances salariales et de l’évolution des marchés du travail, ainsi que dans le débat théorique sur la place du travail dans l’économie. C’est une publication indispensable aux économistes, aux syndicalistes, aux employeurs et à toutes les personnes intéressées par le sujet. » Hansjörg Herr, Berlin School of Economics and Law. Voir l'article...
13 avril 2017
Study calls for safeguarding of girls’ education at all levels
By Gilbert Nakweya. The latest eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, Institute for Statistics shows that Sub-Saharan Africa is among those regions with the highest gender disparities in education: approximately 9.5 million girls will never enter a classroom, compared to 5 million boys. More...
12 avril 2017
Curriculum redesign in the context of growing socio-economic inequality
By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. As part of our wide coverage on the recent Global University Network for Innovation’s sixth Higher Education in the World report, we feature an article by Ahmed Bawa in which he argues that university curriculum reform needs to tackle global challenges such as deepening socio-economic inequality.In Africa analysis Kwesi Kwaa Prah discusses the concept of intellectual sovereignty and what it means for African scholarship and transformation.
In Africa features, Gilbert Nganga writes about the financial challenges facing Kenyan higher education, while Maina Waruru discusses an African Academy of Sciences initiative which is helping to make it possible for African scientists to pursue cutting-edge research in Africa rather than abroad.
In Africa news, Kudzai Mashininga provides an update on the challenges facing student activists in Zimbabwe, while Wagdy Sawahel reports on the forging of ties between Turkey and North African universities.
The 2017 Worldviews Lecture on Media and Higher Education, for which University World News is a media partner, will be presented on 5 April by Peter Scott. It is entitled “Populism and the Academy: On the ‘wrong side’ of history”.
Also coming up is a free webinar on “International Student Mobility Trends: Shifting recruitment priorities and strategies”, to be held on 12 April, hosted by University World News in partnership with DrEducation and StudyPortals. More...
28 mars 2017
Inégalités femmes-hommes : un rapport met en cause les règles de la fonction publique et le management
Localtis / 2017-03-13 La députée Françoise Descamps-Crosnier a remis ce 8 mars au Premier ministre un rapport sur "les inégalités de rémunération et de parcours professionnels entre femmes et hommes dans la fonction publique". Voir l'article...
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