As the World Turns: Implications of Global Shifts in Higher Education for Theory, Research and Practice

by Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, Robert T. Teranishi, Walter Allen

"As the World Turns" examines two of the major problems confronting higher education in this modern world: access to higher education remains a persistent problem for disadvantaged students around the world; universities that are highly segregated by race, culture, language, nationality, or immigration status have lower achievement for disadvantaged students - who are also more often targets of discrimination. This volume compares discriminated, underrepresented and excluded groups in universities around the globe; identifying personal, group, institutional and societal factors related to persistent inequality. Through a consortium of international scholars, the chapters present studies on minority student experiences and achievement, asking whether and how universities: exhibit difference, diversity and inequality; integrate multiple social groups; encourage respect between diverse communities; and use diversity to enhance student learning. This volume demonstrates how diversity and equity help advance academic excellence in global higher education.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780526407
• ISBN13: 9781780526409
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"