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Higher education in a global society : achieving diversity, equity and excellence /
The "problem of the 21st century" is rapidly expanding diversity alongside stubbornly persistent status and power inequities by race, ethnicity, gender, class, language, citizenship and region. Extensive technological, economic, political and social changes, along with immigration, combine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier JAI,
2006.
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| Colección: | Advances in education in diverse communities ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Editor's Welcome / Carol Camp Yeakey
- Preface / Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, Robert T. Teranishi
- International scientific associations and intercultural dialogue / Alberto Martinelli
- Nigerian universities and the problem of cultural diversity: policy responses and consequences / L. Adele Jinadu
- How to meet the challenge of diversity in the French system of education? / Sarah Esther Ouaja
- Polish universities as a place of study and academic careers: class and gender considerations / Renata Siemieñska
- Diversity in education: the Chinese version / Kai-Ming Cheng
- Diversification in Russian higher education: profiles, foundations and outlooks / Andrey V. Rezaev
- Obstacles to diversity: examining the educational pipeline / Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, Robert T. Teranishi
- Higher education, "race" and the inclusive society / Peter Ratcliffe
- The diversity challenge: the representation of ethnic minorities in the Dutch educational system / Peary Bru
- Gender diversity in higher education: "the women are fine, but the men are not?" / Florence B. Bonner
- The quest for equity in California higher education: implications for a global society / Robert T. Teranishi
- Institutional change and the transformative potential of the university / Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, Robert T. Teranishi
- Sticks, stones, and broken bones: rhetoric and reality in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases / Walter R. Allen
- Widening participation in United Kingdom universities: the challenges of achieving race equality / Deborah Phillips, Ian Law, Laura Turney
- Diversity and learning for a pluralistic democracy / Sylvia Hurtado
- Promoting student participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers / Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth
- Sounds and silences: gendered change in higher education institutions in the Commonwealth / Louise Morley
- Challenges and prospects for achieving diversity: the case of South Africa / Hugh Africa
- Affirmative actions and the scheduled castes: access to higher education in India / G.G. Wankhede
- Innovation and diversity: new horizons in higher education / Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, Robert T. Teranishi
- Who shall be educated? Governmental policy influences on educational opportunity / Carol Camp Yeakey
- Quantitative approaches to measuring student body diversity: some examples and thoughts / Mitchell J. Chang, Erica Yamamura
- Achieving justice and equality in U.S. higher education: an exemplary program to increase the participation of underrepresented students of color / William Trent, Yuqin Gong
- Seeing and being seen: uses of photography to improve campus climate for diversity / Carol Petersen.