ERIC Number: EJ1208390
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
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Framing Diversity: Examining the Place of Race in Institutional Policy and Practice Post-Affirmative Action
Glasener, Kristen M.; Martell, Christian A.; Posselt, Julie R.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, v12 n1 p3-16 Mar 2019
The University of Georgia has operated under a voluntary "race-neutral" admission policy for the past 2 decades. Using frame analysis theory, we examine university documents and interview data from 11 campus administrators responsible for diversity efforts to understand how diversity is framed at the institutional and individual levels post-affirmative action. We compare our findings to the broader sociolegal discourses around diversity to present points of convergence and divergence among frames. We find official university framing of diversity has broadened over time to include numerous characteristics, while administrators hold divergent frames depending on their functional area, philosophy, and personal experience. We conclude that divergent frames may reflect and contribute to the challenge of advancing a coherent set of diversity efforts in a post-affirmative action context, where the place of race in institutional policy is muted. As more institutions consider admissions policy devoid of race to avoid protracted legal struggles, it may be especially important for institutions and administrators responsible for diversity efforts to be explicit with one another and with those whom they hire about how they will continue seeking racial equity.
Descriptors: Universities, School Policy, Educational Policy, Diversity (Institutional), Affirmative Action, Equal Education, Race, College Admission, Inclusion, College Students, Student Diversity, Admission Criteria, Discourse Analysis, Educational Benefits, Social Justice, Demography, School Community Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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