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Drew, David E. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields--science, technology, engineering, and math. Business people such as Bill Gates warn that this alarming situation puts the United States at a serious disadvantage in the high-tech global marketplace of the twenty-first century, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Economic Development, Mathematics Education, Educational Change
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Wilkins, Chris; Lall, Rajinder – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2011
Whilst Black and minority ethnic (BME) recruitment to initial teacher education (ITE) in the UK is increasing, completion rates are lower than for White students, and this study reports the experiences of BME student teachers on a primary postgraduate programme that had been particularly successful in increasing recruitment of BME students.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Race, Racial Relations
Ramirez, A. Y. – Multicultural Education, 2010
An investigation of the number of ethnic minority teachers was undertaken due to the increased awareness at one Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in Southern California where there were low numbers of minorities entering the teacher credential programs. When approached about the low numbers of ethnic minority students in the teacher preparation…
Descriptors: College Students, Teaching (Occupation), Student Attitudes, Hispanic Americans
Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
New administrative offices for diversity are popping up at universities around the country, and one can usually count on them to cast minority-recruiting efforts in a favorable light. There is still, however, a role for the old-school rabble-rousers, as a new report from a faculty committee at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor makes clear.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Minority Groups, Faculty Recruitment, Reports
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2010
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a bimonthly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) Celebrating 10 Years of ARL's Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (Mark A. Puente);…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Doctoral Dissertations, Media Adaptation, Electronic Publishing
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Foster, Ellen J. – Social Studies, 2010
As part of a geography-based minority recruiting program (MRP), teachers were asked to serve as mentors for teams of high school students interested in both postsecondary education and geography as a major discipline or career path. The goal was to determine whether teacher participation in MRP programs was an effective tool to mentor…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Summer Programs, Teacher Participation, Mentors
Steinberg, Paul – RAND Corporation, 2009
Between 2000 and 2007, the representation of blacks among high-quality Army recruits declined, while in the Navy, black representation remained stable; the representation of Hispanics among high-quality recruits in both the Army and Navy grew during this period. RAND researchers identified factors that explain these recruiting trends and found…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Personnel Needs, Recruitment, Minority Groups
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Cincotta-Segi, Angela Rose – Language and Education, 2011
Although the Lao People's Democratic Republic has speakers of up to 230 different languages belonging to four ethnolinguistic families, the Lao Government's policy as stated in its Education Law is that Lao is the official language of education at all levels. This creates a challenging situation for teachers in ethnic minority villages throughout…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Sino Tibetan Languages
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Diggs, Gregory A.; Garrison-Wade, Dorothy F.; Estrada, Diane; Galindo, Rene – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2009
Through a comprehensive literature review, this article identifies and discusses barriers to recruitment and retention of faculty of color. Marginalization, racism and sexism manifested as unintended barriers are presented as a few of the barriers faculty of color face in successfully navigating the tenure process. Informed by this literature…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Minority Groups, Tenure, Experience
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Dewey, Barbara I. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries' diversity initiatives, under the leadership of Duane Webster and member libraries, have had a visible and long-lasting influence on the makeup of academic librarianship. ARL's accomplishments and progress in advancing diversity comprise important milestones for librarianship and did not come without…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Science, Librarians
Mirza, Heidi Safia; Meetoo, Veena – Institute of Education - London, 2012
"Respecting Difference" demonstrates how teacher educators in the UK and worldwide can attract, recruit and support black and minority ethnic students to become much needed and valued future teachers and educational leaders. This accessible guide presents insights into the institutional and individual dilemmas and experiences of both…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Muslims, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators
Marcell, Elizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Charter schools have been a mechanism of school reform for three decades (Finn, Manno, & Vanourek, 2000; Greene et al, 2010) and have received increased attention during the current Obama administration (Loveless, 2010). Studies on the effectiveness of charter schools demonstrate mixed results and that school quality varies dramatically, but…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Restructuring, School Choice, Disabilities
Sims, Cynthia – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
A great deal of attention has been given to the need for more minority teachers. This issue deserves serious consideration as the K-12 minority student population increases and the number of minority teachers does not. Various states have implemented programs designed to recruit minority teachers, including teacher shadowing initiatives in South…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Teachers, Vocational Education, Diversity (Faculty)
Bumgardner, Stan – District Administration, 2010
A new report by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center) highlights efforts across the nation to address a key point in the No Child Left Behind law and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)--the equitable distribution of high-quality teachers across all schools. Research consistently has pointed to effective…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Poverty, Federal Legislation, Educational Quality
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Wood, Ann L.; Lewis, James L. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2011
This study's goals were to describe an urban, blended undergraduate/teacher preparation program and to assess its effectiveness in recruiting, retaining, and preparing diverse teachers to teach in urban schools. Methods used included a 43-item, on-line survey and semi-structured interviews. One hundred nine undergraduates (68%) responded to the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, First Generation College Students, Urban Teaching, Interviews
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