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Kandiuk, Mary – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study examines racial and ethnic diversity among Canadian academic librarians and discusses the findings of a nationwide survey. The survey posed questions related to equity plans and programs as well as recruitment practices for academic librarians from equity-seeking groups with a focus on Aboriginal and visible/racial minority librarians.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Academic Libraries, Diversity (Faculty)
Poloma, Asabe W. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
Students in schools, colleges, and universities are rapidly becoming more diverse while the teaching workforce has failed to keep pace. The underrepresentation of minority teachers on school faculties persists despite efforts by successful national teacher recruitment programs, such as the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, to redress this…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Disproportionate Representation, Teacher Persistence, Teaching Conditions
Yakushko, Oksana; Wang, Sherry C.; Warrior, Anitra M. – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
This response focuses on the significance of ethnic minority psychology organizations and other related membership structures to early career psychologists (ECPs) and counseling psychology students. We discuss not only reasons for why students and ECPs may not be joining professional organizations, but also strategies for recruiting, supporting,…
Descriptors: Psychology, Professional Associations, Minority Groups, Counseling Psychology
Nam, Yunju; Mason, Lisa Reyes; Kim, Youngmi; Clancy, Margaret; Sherraden, Michael – Social Work Research, 2013
This study examined whether and how survey response differs by race and Hispanic origin, using data from birth certificates and survey administrative data for a large-scale statewide experiment. The sample consisted of mothers of infants selected from Oklahoma birth certificates using a stratified random sampling method (N = 7,111). This study…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Recruitment, American Indians, Sampling
Everington, Judith – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2015
This article takes as its starting point concerns about community separation that arose in 2001, following outbreaks of violence in English urban centres, and again in 2014, following the so-called "Trojan Horse" case. Despite a series of reports which have highlighted the need to address "separation", promote "meaningful…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Qualitative Research, Ethnicity, World Views
Schmaling, Karen B.; Trevino, Amira Y.; Lind, Justin R.; Blume, Arthur W.; Baker, Dana L. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to examine application materials for assistant professor positions in 3 academic disciplines. Applicants were asked to write a diversity statement describing how they would advance diversity through their research, teaching, and service. The sample included application materials submitted by 191 candidates for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Diversity, Tenure, Public Colleges
Flores, Stella M.; Park, Toby J. – Educational Researcher, 2013
The minority-serving institution (MSI) sector has grown considerably since the 1980s, yet we have less empirical information about what currently influences students to enroll in and complete college at these institutions in comparison to their non-MSI counterparts. We evaluate student postsecondary outcomes by race and ethnicity in Texas's large…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Minority Groups, Black Colleges, Ethnicity
Clements, Allen – Music Educators Journal, 2009
This article offers a brief summary of the current minority situation in university and college music programs in the United States. Research in this area has concentrated to varying degrees on specific subsets of the minority population (e.g., African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians) as well as on minorities in a more general…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Outreach Programs, Accreditation (Institutions)
Beattie, Geoffrey; Johnson, Patrick – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2012
Legislation to outlaw discrimination has existed for over forty years. The Equality Act (2010) states that it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a candidate for a job because of their age, disability, race, belief, sexual orientation or gender in any part of the recruitment process--in job descriptions, person specifications,…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Recruitment, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
McDaniel, Marla; Simms, Margaret C.; Monson, William; de Leon, Erwin – Urban Institute, 2015
Knowing the economic challenges young fathers without postsecondary education face in providing for their families, New York City's Young Men's Initiative launched a fatherhood program housed in LaGuardia Community College in spring 2012. The CUNY Fatherhood Academy (CFA) aims to connect young fathers to academic and employment opportunities while…
Descriptors: Fathers, Urban Areas, Parent Education, Community Colleges
McDaniel, Marla; Simms, Margaret C.; Monson, William; de Leon, Erwin – Urban Institute, 2015
Knowing the economic challenges young fathers without postsecondary education face in providing for their families, New York City's Young Men's Initiative launched a fatherhood program housed in LaGuardia Community College in spring 2012. The CUNY Fatherhood Academy (CFA) aims to connect young fathers to academic and employment opportunities while…
Descriptors: Fathers, Urban Areas, Parent Education, Community Colleges
Sood, Johanna R.; Stahl, Sidney M. – Gerontologist, 2011
The National Institute on Aging created the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs) to address infrastructure development intended to reduce health disparities among older adults. The overall goals of the RCMARs are to (a) increase the size of the cadre of researchers conducting research on issues related to minority aging; (b)…
Descriptors: Evidence, Resource Centers, Older Adults, Housing
Ro, Hyun Kyoung; Loya, Karla I. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
Women and underrepresented minorities in traditionally White and male-dominated disciplines tend to report lower learning outcomes than their White peers. Adopting a feminist intersectionality framework, this study looks at the intersections of gender and race to investigate differences in self-assessed learning outcomes in engineering…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Factors, Whites, Minority Groups
Laursen, Sandra L.; Weston, Timothy J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
The education of doctoral chemists contributes to the chemical research enterprise and thus to innovation as an engine of the economy. This quantitative analysis describes trends in the production and diversity of chemistry Ph.D. degrees in the top-50 U.S. Ph.D.-granting departments in the past two decades. Time series data for individual…
Descriptors: Productivity, Chemistry, Institutional Research, Doctoral Programs
Confer, Christopher; Mamiseishvili, Ketevan – Journal of College Admission, 2012
The study examined the factors that affected minority students' choice to enroll at private four-year faith-based institutions in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) in the United States. The study utilized the data from the College Board's Admitted Student Questionnaire PLUS (ASQ PLUS) survey. The final sample included 283…
Descriptors: College Choice, Grade Point Average, Student Financial Aid, Minority Groups