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Tiêu đề

Recruiting, Redefining, and Recommitting: The Quest to Increase Socioeconomic Diversity at Amherst College

Tác giả

Rubin R.B.

Năm xuất bản

2011

Source title

Equity and Excellence in Education

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DOI

10.1080/10665684.2011.613299

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84859058612&doi=10.1080%2f10665684.2011.613299&partnerID=40&md5=73d853a68075f68777b5798332bfa26d

Tóm tắt

While many selective and moderately selective schools have attempted to increase the numbers of low-income students and students of color in their student body, few have successfully done so. In this qualitative case study, I examine the efforts of an elite, private, liberal arts school, Amherst College, as it increased the socioeconomic diversity of its student body, and I highlight the College's comparative success in this endeavor. Using Bourdieu's social reproduction theory as an analytic frame, I argue that Amherst's success is a result of its historic commitment to diversity and equality as well as its contemporary initiatives and the combination of multiple efforts that transcend simple rhetoric. These initiatives include widening the applicant pool by intensifying recruitment efforts and broadening definitions of merit, hiring a dynamic president as the voice and leader of the diversity movement, and garnering widespread institutional support. This article also includes a survey of the status of low-income students and students of color in the nation's colleges and universities over time and a brief history of diversity trends in higher education since World War II. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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