Silos of Academe Thwart Diversity on Campuses

Autor/in	Gilbert, Juan E.
Titel	Silos of Academe Thwart Diversity on Campuses
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 5, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Disproportionate Representation; Computer Science; Urban Youth; Urban Areas; Intellectual Disciplines; Algebra; College Admission; Student Diversity; Ethnic Diversity; Personnel Integration; Racial Composition; Games; Computers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Informatik; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Geisteswissenschaften; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Digitalrechner
Abstract	Although the author is a computer scientist, he has been involved with issues of diversity for many years. He developed an online gamelike environment to teach inner-city kids algebra, using culturally relevant learning technologies, and he has applied data-mining techniques to help universities admit diverse classes without relying on just one criterion, such as race. He has also worked with programs designed to diversify and broaden participation in computer science. In this article, the author talks about issues of diversity in higher education and describes how diversity research and programs take place within specific academic disciplines, or "silos." He contends that educators do not reach beyond their own silos enough to know that colleagues in other silos are wrestling with similar issues and ideas. He suggests that solving the growing problems of underrepresentation and lack of equity in higher education, and society in general, needs a multidisciplinary approach. Bringing together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners from law, business, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), education, the humanities, and so forth, would result in better ideas, programs, research agendas, and ultimately solutions. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10