By Emily Tate. Study finds students' negative diversity experiences, though less common than positive ones, hinder cognitive development and student learning. Read more...
18 février 2017
18 février 2017
Relationships Matter in Recruiting Latino Students
By Ashley A. Smith. Two-year institutions across the country are getting creative with Latino student recruitment as Hispanic populations grow. Read more...
17 février 2017
Doubts on Diversifying the Facultly
By Scott Jaschik. Provosts of American colleges and universities aren't sure their institutions will meet their goals for diversifying the faculty. Read more...
2 février 2017
Hong Kong Universities Need to Increase Diversity, Report Says
By Alyssa Walker. Last November, the Hong Kong government’s Audit Commission released a report that says that universities in Hong Kong are not “diverse enough.” In 2015-2016, international students not from mainland China made up only 3.9 percent of the total number of students. The report found that 76 percent of all non-local students at eight public universities came from mainland China. More...27 janvier 2017
Plans to improve varsities in motion
Malaysia is one of the biggest spenders in higher education, but yet, its performance is still less than ideal. More...
27 janvier 2017
The emergent mission of varsities
By Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim Bajunid. Public and private institutions of higher learning work hard to be relevant by linking with community and industry. To this end a network of concepts is formulated and a language and conceptual register common to higher education institutions is developed.
Within the register, higher education institutions map out their strategic plans, typically connected to the plans and blueprints of education at school and higher education levels as well as to the broader national development plans. More...
26 janvier 2017
Diversity is hard
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Diversity is hard
Jenny Mackness, 2017/01/13
Nice discussion of some of the recent concerns raised by danah boyd (covered in OLDaily here). One of the core arguments revolves around diversity. More...
26 janvier 2017
Diversity in the Open Access Movement
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Diversity in the Open Access Movement
Kent Anderson, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2017/01/24
This is a good two-part article (part one, part two) discussing some of the divisions in the open access movement. Part two lays them out quite nicely: are embargoes permitted, yes or no; is charging for access permitted, yes or no; and is the non- commercial license permitted, yes or no. More...
23 janvier 2017
Diversity Group Urges Senate to Reject Sessions
By Scott Jaschik. The American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity on Saturday released a letter urging the U.S. Senate to reject President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general. Read more...
22 janvier 2017
Bassins d'emplois en France : la carte de la diversité régionale
Si l'Île-de-France est le 1er bassin d'emploi en France avec plus de 5 millions de travailleurs, toutes les régions proposent des opportunités dans de nombreux secteurs. Tour de France.
Côte méditerranéenne : emplois à la hausse
Les bassins d'emploi du sud de la France se concentrent autour des grandes métropoles : Marseille, Toulon et Nice. Les recrutements y sont en hausse (191 000 projets de recrutement en 2016) essentiellement dans les services, l'industrie et l'agroalimentaire. Près de Nice, la technopole de Sophia-Antipolis, la plus importante d'Europe, reste dynamique dans le domaine des nouvelles technologies de l'information, la recherche et le développement. À noter également Terralia à Avignon, qui réunit plus de 50 entreprises dans l'agriculture et l'agroalimentaire. Des secteurs porteurs d'emploi. Voir l'article...
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