Demanding Satisfaction

Autor/in	Oguntoyinbo, Lekan
Titel	Demanding Satisfaction
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 27 (2010) 12, S.14-15 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Student Attitudes; American Indians; Student Unions; Minority Groups; Student Leadership; College Students; Educational Change; Higher Education; College Administration; School Community Relationship; Partnerships in Education; Ethnic Groups; College Faculty; Tenure; Hispanic American Students; African Studies; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; American Indian; Indianer; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Ethnische Minderheit; Studentenwerk; Collegestudent; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Ethnie; Fakultät; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	It was the kind of crisis most universities dread. In November 2006, a group of minority student leaders at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) threatened to sue the university if administrators did not heed demands that included providing more funding for multicultural student groups. This article discusses how this threat compelled the institution to reform its administration, community partnerships, and curriculum. In a letter to university administrators, the leader of the university's Black Student Union also appealed for the hiring of more African-American faculty and administrators. The demands came on the heels of several concerns expressed by minority students, including the fact that they did not feel welcome on campus and that requests for excursions by Black student groups were often rejected. The mandate and threat of a lawsuit attracted the attention of community members and local and regional media. The outcome from that episode has produced some changes that intersect with other reforms at the university. Among the changes were: (1) The university has created a cabinet-level position of assistant chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion; (2) IUPUI in 2008 created a multicultural center that includes offices and meeting places for African-American, Latino, Asian, Native American, and gay students; (3) More professors of color are on tenure-track; (4) The school now has a Department of Africana Studies; and (5) IUPUI has expanded its community partnerships with local and national civic groups. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10