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Cover -- Higher Education in a Global Society: Achieving Diversity, Equity and Excellence -- Contents -- Editor’s Welcome -- Preface -- The Diversity Imperative -- Bellagio, Italy Conference -- Higher Learning Looking Forward -- Volume Outline -- References -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- International Scientific Associations and Intercultural Dialogue -- References -- Section I -- Diversity Policies and National Contexts -- Introduction -- References -- Nigerian Universities and the Problem of Cultural Diversity: Policy Responses and Consequences -- The Historical Roots -- Nigeria’s Ethnic Mosaic -- Ethnicity and Political Architecture -- Characterizing the Nigerian University -- Federalism and Development of Nigerian Universities -- The Politicization of Ethnicity in the Public University -- Appointment of Vice-Chancellors: Federal Universities -- Appointment of Vice-Chancellors: State Universities -- Admission of Students: Historical Context -- Admission of Students: Federal Universities -- Admission of Students: State Universities -- What are the Policy Consequences? -- References -- How to Meet the Challenge of Diversity in the French System of Education? -- The French Ideological Context: The Republican Ideology -- The Question of Data -- The Specificity of the French Right -- Panorama: The Situation of the Minorities in the French School System -- Why and How to Postulate Diversity and Recognition -- The Necessity to Return to the Essence of the Affirmative Action Struggle -- The Strong Necessity to Restore and Maintain an Argument to Support Diversity and Recognition -- A New Challenge for Europe, and France in Europe -- Laicity: From Tolerance to Exclusion -- Notes -- References -- Polish Universities as a Place of Study and Academic Careers: Class and Gender Considerations -- Introduction -- Educational Policy and Structure of Students in Higher Educational Institutions under the Communist Regime and After -- Class Structure of Students -- Gender Structure of Students -- Continuing Education -- Women in Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies -- Gender Structure of Students in State and Non-State Higher Education Institutions -- Class and Gender as Factors Facilitating or Hampering Academic Careers -- Women as Faculty Members -- Situation of Institutions of Higher Education in the 1990s -- External and Internal Brain Drain from Academia -- Women in Academe In the 1990s -- Women in Leadership Positions in Science -- Careers and Geographical Mobility -- Students’ Mobility -- Full Professors’ Careers and Mobility (Based on the National Study Carried Out in 2003) -- Academic Careers in the 1990s (Based Upon the Example of One of the Largest University in Poland) -- The Rate of Progress in Academic Careers of Actual Full Professors -- The Rate of Progress in Careers of Academic Staff Born in Years 1955–1970 -- Intergeneration Similarities and Differences in Academic Careers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Dive.
rsity in Education: The Chinese Version -- Background -- Reform: Decentralisation -- Diversity: Basic Education -- The School System -- The Public Examinations -- The School Curriculum -- Teaching and Teacher Development -- Diversity: Higher Education -- Deliberate Disparity -- Private–Public Partnership -- Adult Education -- The Student Body -- Concluding Remarks -- Reference -- Diversification in Russian Higher Education: Profiles, Foundations and Outlooks -- Operational Definitions and Premises of Analysis -- Approaches in the Literature -- Theoretical Premises and Hypotheses -- Interdisciplinarity -- Multiculturalism -- New Institutionalism for Higher Education -- Russian Higher Education: Economic Rationalism and/or Rational Development -- Problems Confronting Higher Education in Russia -- Situation -- Market -- Problems from within: Faculty -- Russian Academia Faces Particular Problems and Challenges -- References -- Section II -- Obstacles to Diversity: Examining the Educational Pipeline -- Introduction -- Reference -- Higher Education, "Race" and the Inclusive Society -- Developing an Explanatory Framework: Some Methodological Issues -- The School as a Selective Agent in Social Advancement -- The University Admissions Process and Minority Applicants -- Ethnic Differentials in the Experience of Higher Education -- Conclusion: Higher Education, the Labour Market and Social Inclusivity -- Notes -- References -- The Diversity Challenge: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the Dutch Educational System -- Introduction -- Current State of Dutch Higher Education -- Secondary Education in the Netherlands -- Issues in Pre-University Education -- References -- Gender Diversity in Higher Education: "The Women are Fine, but the Men are Not? -- Women’s Success in Higher Education -- Graduation Rates: What Really Counts -- Numerical Majority is not Enough -- Ethnicity and Race Differences -- A Comparison of Findings from Africa, the European Union, and the United States -- Institutional Change or "Business as Usual? -- References -- The Quest for Equity in California Higher Education: Implications for a Global Society* -- California and Globalization -- Demographic Context -- Dimensions of Equity in U.S. Higher Education -- Data Source and Methodology -- Demographic Overview of California Public High Schools -- Racial Segregation and Inequities in Structural Resources -- Racial Segregation and Disparate Eligibility and Attendance Rates -- Persistence and Completion Rates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Section III -- Institutional Change and the Transformative Potential of the University -- Introduction -- References -- Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones: Rhetoric and Reality in the University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases -- Introduction -- Orienting Conceptual Frames: "Fighting Words -- Campus Climate for Race–Ethnic Diversity -- Social Science Research, Case Experts, and Legal Theories of the Case -- Socio-Historical Context -- Go.
vernment/Social Policy Context -- Historical Legacy of Exclusion -- Racially Biased Admissions Criteria -- Structural Diversity -- Behavioral Climate -- Campus Climate in the University of Michigan Law School -- Research Procedures and Participants -- Results -- Types of Racial Incidents in the Law School Environment -- Overt and Covert Racial Incidents -- Classroom Curriculum -- Classroom Pedagogy -- Classroom Demographic Space -- Outside the Classroom -- Summary -- Responses to Racial Incidents by Students of Color -- Counter Spaces and Voices as a Result of the Campus Racial Climate³ -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Widening Participation in United Kingdom Universities: The Challenges of Achieving Race Equality -- Background -- Methods -- Research Findings -- Student Recruitment, Support, and Transition to Employment -- The Liberal Institution: Perceptions from within the Academy -- Equal Opportunities Action at the University of Leeds -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Diversity and Learning for a Pluralistic Democracy -- Essential Theoretical and Research Premises -- Learning from Peers -- Method -- Classroom-Based Study -- Measures -- Findings -- Student Background Factors -- Diversity Experiences on Campus -- Conclusion -- Incorporating Diversity as a Vehicle for Learning -- References -- Promoting Student Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Careers -- Introduction -- Career Approaches for Robust Science and Inclusiveness -- Factors Associated with Student Persistence in Stem Fields -- The Impact and Promise of College Environments to Increase Stem Participation -- Person-Organization Fit and Stem Persistence -- Implications for Future Research and Policy Action -- References -- Sounds and Silences: Gendered Change in Higher Education Institutions in the Commonwealth -- The Intellectual Beginnings of the Study -- Black, White and Grey Studies: Emerging Themes -- Framing Gendered Change in Higher Education Institutions: Democratisation, Feminism and Changing Global Conceptions of Higher Education -- Neo-Liberalism and Identity Politics -- Globalisation -- The Question of Numbers -- Accounting for the Gender Division of Labour in Higher Education -- Women’s Work in Education Management -- Sounds and Silences -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Challenges and Prospects for Achieving Diversity: The Case of South Africa -- Introduction -- Background -- The Higher Education Landscape During the Pre-1994 Era -- Categorization of Public Higher Education Institutions -- The Skewed Higher Education Landscape -- Response to Challenges -- Prospects for Diversity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Affirmative Actions and the Scheduled Castes: Access to Higher Education in India -- Introduction -- The Scheduled Castes -- Role of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar -- Affirmative Actions: Evolution and Implications -- Special Provisions -- Special Educational Facilities -- Passage to Higher Education: Constraints and Con.