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Books on: minority representation in higher education

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Minorities in Higher Education

Book by Manuel J. Justiz, Reginald Wilson, Lars G. Björk; Oryx Press, 1994

Subjects:

Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States, Minority College Students--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...income level, high school graduation...as well as their representation as faculty and...institutions of higher educaiton. The...American higher education in bold relief...Americans in higher education, first in historically...Rights Act. Federal education initiatives directed toward increasing minority representation...
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Retaining Minority Students in Higher Education: A Framework for Success

Book by Watson Scott Swail, Kenneth E. Redd, Laura W. Perna; Wiley Subscription Services, 2003

Subjects:

African American College Students, College Attendance--United States, College Dropouts--United States, Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States, Minority College Students--United States, Universities And Colleges--Social Aspects--United States, Universities And Colleges--United States--Administration

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...universities relative to their representation among students. Analyses...substantial share of minority faculty are employed at minority-serving institutions...year non-HBCUs. Minorities are even more severely...Again, includ- ing minority-serving institutions...leaving school is much higher. Therefore, informal...
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Perspectives on Minority Women in Higher Education

Book by Lynne Brodie Welch; Praeger Publishers, 1992

Subjects:

African American College Students, Minority College Students--United States, Women College Students--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...institutions of higher education. This represents...compared with a representation of 3.5% in 1976...institutions Center for Education Statistics 1988...least four years of high school in 1987...finished four years of high school in 1987...partake of the minority culture. Examination...
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The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education

Book by Philip G. Altbach, Kofi Lomotey, Clark Kerr; State University of New York Press, 1991

Subjects:

College Integration--United States, Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States, United States--Race Relations--Case Studies, Universities And Colleges--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Fact Book on Higher Education 1987 . Tables...institutions of higher education for the fall of...institutions of higher education were minorities...range was from a high of 70.7 percent...distribution of minorities from state to...variations in the minority representation in higher education...
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Affirmative Action and the University: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education Employment

Book by Kul B. Rai, John W. Critzer; University of Nebraska Press, 2000

Subjects:

Affirmative Action Programs--United States, Discrimination In Higher Education--United States, Minority College Administrators--Employment--United States, Minority College Teachers--Employment--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...and female representation ratios actually...1991. The representation ratios reflect...Asian male representation ratios that...at 2.2 or higher. Asian female...successful minority in higher education. Writing on...

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Journal Articles on: minority representation in higher education

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Minority Representation in Higher Education: The Impact of Population Heterogeneity

Journal article by Marc S. Mentzer; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 64, 1993

Subjects:

Education, Higher--Demographic aspects, Minority college students--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Minority representation in higher education: the impact...in higher education -- a situation...scores and high-school...toward a minority when it forms...other U.S. minorities because as...a large minority population...includes racial minorities other than...especially education and place...
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Examining Educational Equity: Revisiting the Disproportionate Representation of Minority Students in Special Education

Journal article by J.S. De Valenzuela, Susan R. Copeland, Cathy Huaqing Qi, Miwha Park; Exceptional Children, Vol. 72, 2006

Subjects:

Minority students--Educational aspects, Minority students--Statistics, Special education--Forecasts and trends, Special education--Statistics

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...district with a high total minority, but low African...known about the representation of ELLs in special education. In a national...receiving special education services, Zehler...found lower special education enrollment for...
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Minority Representation in Special Education: A Persistent Challenge

Journal article by Dalun Zhang, Antonis Katsiyannis; Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 23, 2002

Subjects:

Disabled students--Demographic aspects, Educational innovations--Planning, Mental retardation--Demographic aspects, Minority students--Education, Poverty--Social aspects, Special education--Demographic aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...significantly higher than the...relationship between minority representation...Hispanic representations for all disabilities...and White representations in EBD were...states with higher poverty rates...DISCUSSION Minority representation in special education has been...
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Minority Children & Their Over-Representation in Special Education

Journal article by Stephen Agbenyega, Joseph Jiggetts; Education, Vol. 119, 1999

Subjects:

Discrimination in education--Demographic aspects, Minority students--Social aspects, Special education--Demographic aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...pertaining to minority children and their over-representation in Special Education. Kindergarten...deal with the education of children...entailed into higher expectations...Department of Education, Office of...Distribution of Minority Students in...2 27.4 All Minorities 29.6 41...
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Demographic Inertia and Women's Representation among Faculty in Higher Education

Journal article by Lowell L. Hargens, J. Scott Long; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 73, 2002

Subjects:

Education, Higher--Demographic aspects, Sex discrimination against women--Research, Women college teachers--Demographic aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...inertia and womens representation among faculty in higher education by Lowell L. Hargens...science, and higher education. Still, womens representation...inertia, it may be the highest increase possible...representation of women within higher academic ranks, especially...we focus on higher education faculty, our discussion...initially lead to high growth in the proportion...

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Magazine Articles on: minority representation in higher education

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Texas 10 Percent Plan Has Not Improved Minority Representation, Republican Leader Says

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 21, February 10, 2005

Subjects:

Colleges & universities, Education policy, Minority students, Public schools, Supreme Court decisions, Texas

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Not Improved Minority Representation, Republican...percent of their high school classes...not improved minority representation...increased the minority representation...committee on higher education in 2003 and presented...
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The Majority in the Minority: Expanding the Representation of Latina/o Faculty, Administrators and Students in Higher Education

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 20, August 28, 2003

Subjects:

Castellanos, Jeanett, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Jones, Lee, Nonfiction

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Expanding the Representation of Latina...Students in Higher Education The Majority in the Minority: Expanding...in Higher Education By Jeanett...Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education The growth...
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Macy's, Bloomingdale's Partner with Uncf to Increase Minority Representation in Retail

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 21, December 30, 2004

Subjects:

Bloomingdales, Grants, Management, Minority & ethnic groups, Partnering, R H Macy & Co Inc, Retailing, United Negro College Fund

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Partner with Uncf to Increase Minority Representation in Retail ATLANTA The United...institutions and increasing minority representation in retail...its objective of increasing minority representation at the management...approximately 4.9 million minorities in the management capacity...
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UCLA Study Examines Minority Representation in Network Television

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, July 4, 2002

Subjects:

African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Broadcasting industry, Culture, Industry, Minority & ethnic groups, Statistical analysis, Television, Television programs

Collections: Education, Entire Library

UCLA Study Examines Minority Representation in Network Television Despite calls for more diversity on prime-time network television, African Americans continue to be overrepresented...
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Minority Scholars Share Strategies at 'keeping Our Faculties' Conference

Magazine article by Kermit Pattison; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 24, May 3, 2007

Subjects:

Black students, College students, Higher education, Minority & ethnic groups

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the under-representation of people of color in higher education...percentage of minority faculty still...percentage of minority students...Council on Education, minorities account for...all higher education institutions...

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Newspaper Articles on: minority representation in higher education

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Birmingham Failing Poor and Its Ethnic Minorities

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 5, 2008

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Minorities

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...entered for higher-tier science...Birmingham is the education system continues...particular minority ethnic groups...failed by the education system as well...statistics about the representation of our workforce...and ethnic minorities is about 50...has been as high as 40 per cent...dominated by ethnic minority groups. According...engaged in Education, Employment...
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School Enrollments Show Minorities Will Be Majority by 2023

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 6, 2009

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News agencies, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...that now will see minority children become...Child Left Behind education, for years...immigration and higher birth rates. Minority students in that...in K-12 were minorities u Hispanics...HispanicsAE 15 percent representation in the total U...future of our education system depends...parents without a high school or college...
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Area Firms Rank High on the List When Diversity Counts

Newspaper article by Julie Hyman; The Washington Times, July 20, 1998

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Federal National Mortgage Association, Hotels and motels, Marriott International Inc., Mortgage banks

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...firms rank high on the list...managers are minorities and that Gannett...talented minorities. "Diversity has increasingly higher priority...through consumer education. Some criteria...list were: * Minority representation at high positions. * Minority hiring...organizations that help minorities. This is the...
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Class War; A Recent Report Suggests Leading Comprehensives Are Discriminating against Children from Poor Backgrounds. Education Correspondent Shahid Naqvi Looks at the Inequality of Our Education System

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 30, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Inequality of Our Education System. Byline...reflected in the higher years has also...social divide in our education system," he said...income and ethnic minority families. A head...religion - the under-representation of children from...the Governments education select committee...
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Affirmative Action and the Republicans

Newspaper article by Josette Shiner, Bonnie Erbe; The Washington Times, June 7, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...need a decent education that provides...dollars to upgrade high school standards...increase the pool of minorities accepted, it...advancement of women and minorities? Secondly, shes...all the young minority women now in his...minority student representation in higher education. To now feign...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: minority representation in higher education

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...administration and eventually reached a 30-year high in 1979. Efforts to control inflation...human rights resulted in a grain and high-technology embargo of the Soviet Union...1983 the unemployment rate reached its highest point since the Great Depression at almost...OConnor , the first woman to serve on the high court. Bush, Clinton, and Bush Reagan...casualties, gave President Bush the highest public approval rating in history. Mounting...
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Turkey , Country, Asia and Europe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Arabic-speaking minority. About 99...considerably higher than that of...as heads of minority governments...late 1980s, high inflation...support for Muslim education and culture...president of Turkeys highest court, was...Kurdish in private education and in broadcasts...qualify for representation. Abdullah Gul...
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Canada

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...valleys that form the highest and most rugged...959 m) is the highest point in Canada...from the flanking higher lands. The Lowlands...Canada had the highest immigration rate...and parts rank high among both the...civil rights, education, and local government...majority and French minority were in conflict...lack of political representation and unfair land...

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