This review focuses on students' perceptions of their rights in elementary and secondary schools. The conceptual framework of rights consciousness was applied to understand how students' knowledge, experiences, and emotions shape their rights perceptions. The analysis is based on 38 empirical studies conducted in different countries. The findings…

This paper reviews studies on diversity in higher education institutions and suggests empirical approaches to measure diversity. "Diversity" in this paper refers to the internal and external differences among academic programs and institutions. As the empirical literature is relatively salient about how to measure diversity in higher…

Implementing diversity agendas within decentralized, loosely coupled, and change-resistant institutions such as colleges and universities is a global challenge. A shift in the organizational climate and culture is imperative to produce the change needed in order for a diversity agenda to thrive. Higher education scholars have consistently…

Previous studies have pointed out that schools play a central role in students' orientation towards science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, studies use a variety of theoretical foundations in order to define variables and hypothesise relationships between schools and STEM orientation. In order to facilitate the…

This study examines the degree to which sessions from the annual Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network Conference and articles from "To Improve the Academy" engage questions of diversity. The titles and abstracts of 3,946 conference sessions and 560 journal articles were coded for presence and type of diversity. A…

The purpose of the current study was to examine the sample diversity of empirical articles published in four premier teaching of psychology journals from 2008 to 2013. We investigated which demographic information was commonly reported and if samples were ethnically representative and whether gender was representative compared to National…

This paper reports the process of informal learning in the pre-consulting phase in management-consulting firms in Indonesia. As the consulting industry significantly grows in Indonesia, more organisations use consultant services to improve their business. Pre-consulting is an important phase to define the right solutions, which involves a lot of…

A model for conditions favoring diversified mentoring includes several factors: (1) organizational (heterogeneity, management systems, organizational culture); (2) interpersonal (identification, perceived competence, interpersonal comfort); and (3) individual (cognitive differentiation/stereotyping, diversity attitudes, and prior experiences). (76…

Describes comprehensive faculty development program of large university. Suggests that, though characterized by overlapping and fragmented resources and services, program unifies the university into coherent vision and mission. Promotes notion that program must work to establish environment that values teaching, research, and scholarly outreach,…

Diversity is said to bring about a host of educational benefits, yet on campus or off, things aren't working out the way diversity experts planned. In this article, the author reviews recent research challenging the "contact hypothesis," which asserts that putting individuals of disparate cultural backgrounds in the classroom and other…

Describes the purpose and format of a diversity video forum and identifies its advantages as a means of promoting diversity sensitivity training. Suggests that the video forum provides a rich learning environment that helps counselor trainees learn to respect and appreciate diversity. Two appendixes provide a sample list of videos and critiques…

A literature review identified 17 articles describing 12 nursing education programs that address cultural sensitivity, primarily in the United States. The majority are concerned with increasing knowledge and awareness of others' values and beliefs; several are focused on attitude change and reflection. Minimal evidence of achievement of course…

Article examines best practices in diversity found in Research I institutions in the Southern Association of College and School Administrators region. Best practices in diversity were self-defined by the participating institutions based on the initiatives and programs they submitted as noteworthy examples. Diversity issues were viewed from four…

Reviews three broad categories of research on cultural diversity in the workplace: general overviews, theoretical perspectives, and empirical research studies. Offers an explanation for the paucity of research on the topic, and suggests topics and methods for future research. (SR)

Addresses the issue of why some companies have been unsuccessful in recruiting on college campuses in the last few years. Explains why campus recruiting is important and compares hiring of recent college graduates to that of more experienced workers. Offers suggestions for successful campus recruiting. (MKA)