Diversity in Higher Education

Preface / Ellen Hazelkorn -- The Challenges of Diversity and Excellence / Rosalind Pritchard, Matthias Klumpp and Ulrich Teichler -- Part 1. New Challenges for Higher Education -- 1. Markets and Managerialism: Enhancing Diversity or Promoting Conformity? / Peter Scott -- 2. Does Size Matter?: The Example of the "Excellence Initiative" and Its Impact on Smaller Universities in Germany / Christiane Gaehtgens -- 3. University Merger Processes / Göran Melin -- 4. The Dangerous Role of Economists in Shaping American Higher Education Policy: Europeans Should Take a Different Path / Carol Frances -- Part 2. Impact of Changes on Students -- 5. Spatial (In)Justice: Mapping Post-Apartheid South African Tertiary Education Access / Ashley Macrander -- 6. Merit and Student Selection: Views of Academics at the University of Porto / Luís Carvalho -- 7. Why the Status Quo Isn't Good Enough: Examining Student Success for Diverse Populations in the United States / Ray Franke -- 8. Improving Access to Postgraduate Study in England / Tony Strike -- 9. Institutional Diversity and Graduate Employability: The Bulgarian Case / Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova -- Part 3. Impact of Changes on the Functioning of Institutions -- 10. Multi-Tasking Talents? Roles and Competencies of Middle-Level Manager-Academics at Two Austrian Higher Education Institutions / Barbara Ehrenstorfer, Stefanie Sterrer, Silke Preymann, Regina Aichinger and Martina Gaisch -- 11. Academic Middle Managers Shaping the Landscape between Policy and Practice / Ton Kallenberg -- 12. Governance through Transparency Tools: The Case of Romanian Higher Education Reforms / Norbert Sabic -- 13. Can Performance-Based Funding Enhance Diversity in Higher Education Institutions? / René Krempkow.

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"The 'Encyclopedia' provides an introduction to the social and cultural foundations of education. The first two volumes consist of A-Z entries, featuring essays representing the major disciplines including philosophy, history, and sociology, and a third volume is made up of documentary, photographic, and visual resources."

"The Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education is a cutting-edge research book that examines cross-cultural perspectives, challenges, and opportunities pertaining to advancing diversity and social justice in higher education. Furthermore, the book explores multiple concepts of building a bridge from a monocultural pedagogical framework to cross-cultural knowledge through appropriate diversity education models as well as effective social justice practices. Highlighting a range of topics such as cultural taxation, intercultural engagement, and teacher preparation, this book is essential for teachers, faculty, academicians, researchers, administrators, policymakers, and students."

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"Internationalizing Higher Education: Critical Collaborations across the Curriculum is for current and future faculty, student affairs staff, and administrators from diverse disciplinary, institutional, and geographic contexts. This edited volume invites readers to investigate, better understand, and inform intercultural pedagogy that supports the development of mindful global citizenship."

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"This innovative book explores how inclusion can be enhanced in academia by considering the strategic work of expert academics from around the world."

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Prelude -- Retooling the educational playing field -- The chair's vantage point on diversity -- Building a new taxonomy for diversity in the academic department -- The chair's leadership role in formal and informal organizational processes -- Bridge building : the chair's role in fostering diversity learning outcomes and student identity development -- Developing a departmental action plan for diversity -- Summation and recommendations.

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"Building sustainable diversity in higher education isn't just the right thing to do--it is an imperative for institutional excellence and for a pluralistic society that works. ... In Diversity's Promise for Higher Education, Smith brings together research from a wide variety of fields to propose a set of clear and realistic practices that will help colleges and universities locate diversity as a strategic imperative and pursue diversity efforts that are inclusive of the varied--and growing--issues apparent on campuses without losing focus on the critical unfinished business of the past."