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December 13, 2007
New Institute Will Study Inequities Faced by Some Minority Groups at Colleges
The Association for the Study of Higher Education has announced the creation of a new institute, involving several existing research centers at universities, to study the challenges faced by black, Hispanic, and Native American students in higher education.
The new Institute on Equity Research Methods and Critical Policy Analysis will be run by a collaborative involving the association, the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California, the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles, and the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston Law Center. It will be housed at the urban-education center at Southern Cal.
The Ford Foundation has provided a $200,000 planning grant for the institute, and may offer it additional support down the road. One focus of the institute will be to nurture junior faculty members devoted to research on minority students in higher education. —Peter Schmidt
Posted on Thursday December 13, 2007 | Permalink |Comments
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America and our Policy makers,needs to do something to prove to the world that there are no black,Yellow,Red,Blue or White blood in Human System.The earlier the better,The later,the more Constant and careless bloodsheds and hatred.Prince of the Niger,Kyrenia North Cyprus
— Prince Eugene Dec 14, 10:25 AM #
The institute could spend a great deal of time revisiting some of the national goals for educating Native Americans and Alaska natives. Some of these include the following:
1. Readiness for school
2. Maintain native languages and cultures
3. Literacy
4. Student academic achievement
5. High school graduation
6. High-quality native and non-native school personnel
7. Safe, alcohol-free, and drug-free schools
8. Adult education and life long learning
9. Restructuring schools
10. Parental, community and tribal partnerships.
By giving a significant amount of attention to the above, Native Americans and Alaska natives would be better served.
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
Professor
PhD Program in Educational Leadership
PVAMU
— Dr. William Allan Kritsonis Dec 14, 11:16 AM #
Along with the issues that Dr. Kritsonis brought to our attention, it is also important to look at how education can be positively impacted by increasing funding. The bottom line for many minority students is not necessarily access but affordability. Many fear the overwhelming debt that student loans may saddle them with, while others don’t know how they will contribute to their family’s income while in school. Affordable, or dare I say free, higher education will go a long way in increasing the diversity of students on college campuses. We can pontificate on what else will help students get to college, but for many money is the only real factor.
— Marie Nubia-Feliciano, M.S. Dec 14, 01:55 PM #