University joins national network to boost graduation rates and close achievement gaps. More...
2 avril 2016
1 avril 2016
Would Sanders’s college plan be a boon for African American students?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A growing body of research suggests that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the student debt burden, as they are more likely than other groups to borrow for college and fall behind on payments. More...1 avril 2016
Mentorship, promotion among challenges of keeping black faculty
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Black faculty employment at MU is like a revolving door."We hire them and we lose them at the same pace that we hire them". More...
31 mars 2016
University of Missouri hires system diversity officer
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Kevin McDonald, the new chief diversity officer for the University of Missouri System, said during a visit to Columbia last month that conflict resolution is a key skill for the job. More...31 mars 2016
What’s behind America’s widening college graduation gap?
Submitted by Tim Goral. Call it the stubborn gray cloud around a bright silver lining: At a time when the graduation rate of the nation’s public universities has improved significantly, according to a new report, the gap between white students who earn bachelor’s degrees and African Americans who don’t has failed to budge—and in some cases has gotten worse. More...31 mars 2016
Black students end up in lower-paying majors
By Matt Zalaznick. Only a small percentage of African-American college students enroll in the highest-paying majors—specifically STEM, health and business, says a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. More...30 mars 2016
Never mind the pious mantras about diversity in universities, what about a strategy?
By . Current policies in higher and further education favour a parasitical elite. It is difficult to imagine worse priorities. More...28 mars 2016
Presidents Say They Have Organized Diversity Events
A survey of college presidents by the American Council on Education has found that many report having taken actions to deal with diversity concerns on campus. Read more...
27 mars 2016
Commencement Choices and Diversity
By Scott Jaschik. Students and faculty members at Barnard question selection of a white woman -- someone not suggested by students -- to address graduates. Read more...
23 mars 2016
Study on the diversity within the teaching profession
European learners are increasingly diverse. There are a growing number of students in Europe’s education systems that are from a minority and/or migrant background, and this is presenting a unique challenge to policy makers at EU, national and local level.
Students with a migrant/minority background on average exhibit lower educational attainment than their peers, but this can be tackled by greater diversity in the teaching profession. More teachers from a diverse background can support the evolving needs of the increasingly diverse learner population by building bridges with local migrant communities and acting as positive role models. More...
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