"Cosmetic Diversity": University Websites and the Transformation of Race Categories

Autor/inn/en	Ford, Karly Sarita; Patterson, Ashley N.
Titel	"Cosmetic Diversity": University Websites and the Transformation of Race Categories
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 12 (2019) 2, S.99-114 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/dhe0000092
Schlagwörter	Universities; Web Sites; Race; Higher Education; Student Diversity; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Web-Design; Rasse; Abstammung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	Universities are under pressure to represent the ethno-racial diversity of their student bodies in the most favorable light via their websites. We analyzed the race/ethnicity tables and figures featured prominently on the websites of 158 colleges and universities. We found 3 practices that institutions undertake to enhance the appearance of diversity on campus: omission, aggregation, and addition of ethno-racial categories. Universities with the lowest levels of student diversity were the most likely to engage in these practices. We understand these practices to be organizational-level "racial projects" (Omi & Winant, 2015). That is, universities are actively transforming "the content and importance of racial categories" (p. 61). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01