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5 juillet 2015

Washington University touts projected increase in diversity

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. After taking a public relations beating over its lack of diversity last year, Washington University reported Friday that its incoming freshman class will be one of its most diverse in years.
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2 juillet 2015

‘Colorism Has Its Limits’: Campuses React to Storm Over White Adjunct Who Posed as Black

http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/Ticker%20revised%20round%2045.gifBy . An adjunct instructor at Eastern Washington University became the focus of a fierce debate about race and identity last week, when her parents asserted that she was white, despite having passed herself off for years as a black woman. More...

1 juillet 2015

Campus Diversity Efforts Ignore the Widest Gulf: Social Class

By Denis O’Hearn. This spring my university distributed a report by a dean’s committee on faculty diversity. The report was in many ways a fine one, with recommendations about supporting minority and women faculty; hiring; parental leave; and sensitivity training. It said nothing about social class. More...
14 juin 2015

St Andrews University, diversity and moving targets

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifYou report that Louise Richardson (Oxford appoints its first female vice chancellor, 29 May) has vowed to increase the diversity of the intake, something she has prioritised in her current job at St Andrews University. More...

12 juin 2015

Villeneuve-d’Ascq: l’université Lille 1 montre son melting-pot

La Voix du NordLa cité scientifique attend ce mercredi plus de 5 000 à son festival annuel Mix’cité, qui s’achèvera par un concert de plein air. Voir l'article...
9 mai 2015

Diversité des branches professionnelles en matière de politiques d'emploi et de formation

ARESCette étude du Céreq met en évidence la diversité des régulations de branches en termes d’emploi et de formation. Les résultats sont issus d’une enquête menée dans 3 branches professionnelles : la chimie, le recyclage-récupération et la restauration rapide.
Pour en savoir plus. Voir l'article...

29 avril 2015

Building Bridges together between HE & VET - Diversity in learning

EucenEUCEN 2015 Conference which will take place in Istanbul at Boğaziçi University cordially invites scholars, graduate students, academics, researchers, professionals and public employees to present their research studies and success stories. The Steering Committee of EUCEN, the Scientific and the Organizing Committees have the pleasure to forward this invitation to attend the 47th International EUCEN Conference that will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey from June 3rd to 5th in 2015.

Over 100 participants already registered. Over 30 abstracts accepted for the 3 sub-topics (1 Connecting VET and HE; 2 Diversity in Learning; 3 Partnership in review). Do not miss the next eucen conference with the presence of the confirmed prestigious keynote speakers:

  • Prof. Huntington D. LAMBERT, Dean, Harvard University (USA)- Serving the World with Harvard's experience: online delivery at affordable prices
  • Mr. Jan VARCHOLA, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (BE)- Challenges and trends in vocational education and training in the EU with special focus on links between VET and HE
  • Prof. Mustafa BALCI,EU Delegation Sector Manager in Education & Training (TR)- LLL Strategies and Reforms in Turkey
  • Ms. Maria Margarida SEGARD, EVBB and ISQ (PT)-

Register now in the conference website!

14 avril 2015

US: Target minorities in study abroad goals, says Diversity Abroad

By Sara Custer. If the United States is going to achieve its goal of doubling outbound student numbers by 2020, then strategies need to be put in place to increase diversity in study abroad student populations, the Diversity Abroad Network has said. More...

13 avril 2015

New Prize Rewards Economic Diversity at Colleges

New York TimesBy David Leonhardt. Top colleges have many reasons to avoid enrolling a lot of low-income students. 
The students need financial aid, which can strain a university’s budget. Although many of the students have stellar grades, they often have somewhat lower SAT scores than affluent students, which can hurt a university’s ranking. Read more...

12 avril 2015

Does Faculty Diversity Need Targets?

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Brown University made a bold promise at its inaugural National Diversity Summit last month: to double its proportion of underrepresented minority faculty by 2025. The announcement, to which the faculty was already privy, drew praise on campus and off, but also questions about how Brown would achieve such a goal. Read more...

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