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Diversity Plans For Academic Libraries: Making Sure We Get There From Here, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Suhasini Kumar, Gerald Natal
Diversity Plans For Academic Libraries: Making Sure We Get There From Here, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Suhasini Kumar, Gerald Natal
Jolene M. Miller
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Diversity Plans For Academic Libraries: Making Sure We Get There From Here, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Suhasini Kumar, Gerald Natal
Diversity Plans For Academic Libraries: Making Sure We Get There From Here, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Suhasini Kumar, Gerald Natal
Gerald R Natal
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Diversity And Its Discontents: Ambivalence In Neighborhood Policy And Racial Attitudes In The Obama Era, Meghan Burke
Diversity And Its Discontents: Ambivalence In Neighborhood Policy And Racial Attitudes In The Obama Era, Meghan Burke
Meghan A. Burke
This article examines the ways that members of three adjoining stably racially diverse urban communities conceptualize and engage diversity, and the ways in which their discourse and actions are cohesive with federal policies. Making use of interviews with 41 active residents in these communities, I argue that even in liberal, pro-Obama, racially diverse communities, a considerable amount of ambivalence exists in both thought and action connected to diversity, an ambivalence which is cohesive with Obama’s own federal policies that impact neighborhoods like these. The community members define diversity broadly beyond race, are ambivalent about its presence in their community, and …
Is “Race-Neutral” Really Race- Neutral?: Adverse Impact Towards Underrepresented Minorities In The Uc System., Jose Luis Santos, Nolan L. Cabrera, Kevin J. Fosnacht
Is “Race-Neutral” Really Race- Neutral?: Adverse Impact Towards Underrepresented Minorities In The Uc System., Jose Luis Santos, Nolan L. Cabrera, Kevin J. Fosnacht
Nolan L. Cabrera
Authors examine the proportion of undergraduate applications, admissions, and enrollments preceding, during, and after Proposition 209 while accounting for the relative growth in University of California eligibility for underrepresented minorities (URMs). They employed standard deviation analyses to measure dispersion of the URMs to non-URMs. Results suggest that "disparate impact" towards URMs persists, the magnitude is large, and affirmative action alone is insufficient to ensure an equitable admissions process.