Definition Of Diversity In Higher Education
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Definition of diversity in higher education. This work is driven in part by arguments for social justice and the felt need for equal and expanded access to higher education. The trump administration recently announced plans to scrap obama. The definition and use of the term diversity has expanded over time. Brown glaude editor rutgers university press january.
Common identity categories referenced when discussing diversity include race class gender religion and sexual. Early on in the history of the unites states u s diversity referred to the inclusion of immigrants from various white ethnic groups but eventually encompassed. Why diversity in higher education matters. Clarify the conceptual link between diversity and learning in educational practice.
The purpose of this article is both to provide a theory of. Faculty leaders share challenges and strategies 26 95 by winnifred r. Diversity refers to the range of identities that exist in a group of people. In that position she directed a four year study reaffirming action.
But also that educational researchers play a key role in providing ev idence on whether diversity contributes to achieving the central goals of higher education.