Approaching Diversity from the Top Down

Autor/in	Anyaso, Hilary Hurd
Titel	Approaching Diversity from the Top Down
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 25 (2008) 18, S.20-21 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; African American Students; State Universities; Graduation Rate; High School Graduates; Minority Groups; Interviews; Higher Education; College Presidents; Ethnic Diversity; Ethnic Groups; Maryland; New York; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Staatliche Universität; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Ethnische Minderheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; College president; Hochschulpräsident; Ethnie
Abstract	The City College of New York (CCNY) is one of the most diverse campuses in the country--approximately 90 foreign languages are spoken on campus. Educating recent high school graduates to working adults, CCNY also ranks among the leading schools conferring bachelor's degrees to African-Americans. The University of Maryland, College Park, celebrated the fact that African-American students earned 40 doctorates this year, the largest number in the school's history. In addition, over the past three years 46 percent of faculty hires have been women and 34 percent to minorities. And the University of Virginia, long recognized as a leader in educating minority students, tied Columbia University among top-rated universities this year for enrolling the highest percentage of African-American students, at 11.4 percent, and the university also announced this spring that for the 14th straight year, its African-American students posted the highest graduation rate, 83 percent, among those at all flagship state universities. In this interview, university presidents Dr. John T. Casteen of the University of Virginia, Dr. C. D. Mote Jr. of the University of Maryland, College Park, and Dr. Gregory H. Williams of CCNY talk about recruiting and retaining diverse populations as well as the diversity challenges that remain at their respective institutions. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10