scholarly journals Vozes ameríndias na universidade pública inclusiva / Amerindian voices in inclusive public university

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Daniela Bueno de Oliveira Américo de Godoy ◽  
José Francisco Miguel Henriques Bairrão
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Public University ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Western Education ◽  
The University

A lei de cotas é um marco rumo à universidade pública inclusiva. Todavia, seu modelo pode não contemplar especificidades culturais. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar vozes indígenas sobre o assunto. Visa-se dar ouvidos às comunidades e lideranças indígenas no acompanhamento dessa política. Utilizou-se uma abordagem qualitativa, própria à etnopsicologia, que consistiu em explicitar comparações implícitas entre as culturas ameríndias e a ocidental. Analisaram-se as falas de palestrantes indígenas nas três edições do Encontro Nacional dos Estudantes Indígenas (ENEI). Os resultados mostram que acessar o ensino superior é uma estratégia política e que o território é o principal articulador conceitual. A universidade é vivida de modo peculiar, sem necessariamente corresponder aos moldes da formação ocidental. Os contrastes epistemológicos, pedagógicos e ontológicos por eles evidenciados sustentam propostas em direção à intercientificidade e à interculturalidade (CAPES).Palavras-chave: indígenas, políticas de ações afirmativas, ensino superior, etnopsicologia. ABSTRACT: The Quota Law is a milestone towards inclusive public university. However, this model may not contemplate cultural specificities. This paper aims to present Amerindian voices about this subject by listening to communities and indigenous leaders in monitoring this policy. We used a qualitative approach specific to Ethnopsychology methodology which consists of explicit implicit comparisons between the Amerindian cultures and Western cultures. The speeches of indigenous speakers in the three editions of the National Indigenous Students Meeting were analyzed. The results show that the access to higher education is a political strategy and that the territory is the main conceptual articulator. The university is experienced in a special way, without necessarily matching to the mold of Western education. The epistemological, pedagogical and ontological contrasts highlighted by them support proposals towards interscientism and interculturalism.Keywords: Indigenous people, affirmative action, higher education, ethnopsychology.

scholarly journals Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes

2002 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Gurin ◽  
Eric Dey ◽  
Sylvia Hurtado ◽  
Gerald Gurin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
Education Theory ◽  
Cooperative Institutional Research Program ◽  
The University

In the current context of legal challenges to affirmative action and race-based considerations in college admissions, educators have been challenged to articulate clearly the educational purposes and benefits of diversity. In this article, Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, and Gerald Gurin explore the relationship between students' experiences with diverse peers in the college or university setting and their educational outcomes. Rooted in theories of cognitive development and social psychology, the authors present a framework for understanding how diversity introduces the relational discontinuities critical to identity construction and its subsequent role in fostering cognitive growth. Using both single- and multi-institutional data from the University of Michigan and the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, the authors go on to examine the effects of classroom diversity and informal interaction among African American, Asian American, Latino/a, and White students on learning and democracy outcomes. The results of their analyses underscore the educational and civic importance of informal interaction among different racial and ethnic groups during the college years. The authors offer their findings as evidence of the continuing importance of affirmative action and diversity efforts by colleges and universities, not only as a means of increasing access to higher education for greater numbers of students, but also as a means of fostering students' academic and social growth.

Indigenous higher education sector: the evolution of recognised Indigenous Leaders within Australian Universities

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Kim Coates ◽  
Michelle Trudgett ◽  
Susan Page
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous Education ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Public Schooling ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Early Experiences ◽  
Commonwealth Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Over Time

Abstract There is clear evidence that Indigenous education has changed considerably over time. Indigenous Australians' early experiences of ‘colonialised education’ included missionary schools, segregated and mixed public schooling, total exclusion and ‘modified curriculum’ specifically for Indigenous students which focused on teaching manual labour skills (as opposed to literacy and numeracy skills). The historical inequalities left a legacy of educational disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Following activist movements in the 1960s, the Commonwealth Government initiated a number of reviews and forged new policy directions with the aim of achieving parity of participation and outcomes in higher education between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Further reviews in the 1980s through to the new millennium produced recommendations specifically calling for Indigenous Australians to be given equality of access to higher education; for Indigenous Australians to be employed in higher education settings; and to be included in decisions regarding higher education. This paper aims to examine the evolution of Indigenous leaders in higher education from the period when we entered the space through to now. In doing so, it will examine the key documents to explore how the landscape has changed over time, eventually leading to a number of formal reviews, culminating in the Universities Australia 2017–2020 Indigenous Strategy (Universities Australia, 2017).

scholarly journals Marcas étnicas y auto-reconocimiento de estudiantes indígenas en educación superior

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Cecilia Navia Antezana ◽  
Gabriela Czarny Krischkautzky ◽  
Gisela Salinas Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Self Recognition ◽  
The University

Experiences of young indigenous people who study in an educational program from the National Pedagogical University of Mexico City are analyzed in this work. It puts into question some effects produced by ethnic branded programs, recognizing the contradictions and discriminations that the carrying subjects of these have, with the objective of contribute to the contemporary debate on the modes of self-recognition of indigenous youth in higher education and to stress deeply rooted conceptions such as ethnic identity, which continues to orient education policies in our context. From a qualitative and interpretative perspective, using the technique of focal group, were recognized areas such as linkages and trust with teachers, and how it contributes to the repositioning of subjects, their identity processes and Emancipatory roads. At the same time, it recognizes the present discriminations in the university, which are reinforced in some cases by the essentialist ways of understanding the indigenous presence, and some effects are discussed that produce the affirmative actions, which reflects confronting and contradictory situations in the processes of inhabiting the university from the indigenous student’s side.

The Changing Mission and Nature of Partnerships in Public Universities

2013 ◽  
pp. 726-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Robin Russo ◽  
Kristin Brittain
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public University ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Mission ◽  
New Business ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University

Reasons for public education are many; however, to crystalize and synthesize this, quite simply, public education is for the public good. The goal, or mission, of public education is to offer truth and enlightenment for students, including adult learners. Public education in the United States has undergone many changes over the course of the last 200 years, and now public education is under scrutiny and is facing a continual lack of funding from the states. It is due to these issues that public higher education is encouraging participatory corporate partnerships, or neo-partnerships, that will fund the university, but may expect a return on investment for private shareholders, or an expectation that curriculum will be contrived and controlled by the neo-partnerships. A theoretical framework of an academic mission and a business mission is explained, the impact of privatization within the K-12 model on public higher education, the comparison of traditional and neo-partnerships, the shift in public higher education towards privatization, a discussion of university boards, and the business model as the new frame for a public university. A public university will inevitably have to choose between a traditional academic mission that has served the nation for quite some time and the new business mission, which may have negative implications for students, academic freedom, tenure, and faculty-developed curriculum.

scholarly journals Models of work-based learning, examples and reflections

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Major
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify a number of different models of work-based learning (WBL) in operation at the University of Chester and provides two examples of university-employer partnership where WBL is used as the principal means for bringing about change in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the experience of one UK University with significant WBL provision and outlines the evolutionary development of a number of different models of WBL designed to meet the specific needs of employers and individual students. Findings The paper reflects on the distinctive contribution of WBL in higher education to bring about change to the culture and working practices of two public organisations, thereby improving performance and developing new ways of working. Practical implications It will also consider the impact of WBL on learners often giving them a greater sense of their own identity and professionalism and point to the way in which WBL challenges the university as much as it challenges employer partners. Social implications Widening access to higher education and increasing participation in HE. Originality/value The identification and description of a number of different models of WBL in operation in the HE sector.

scholarly journals JOVENS INDÍGENAS NA UNIVERSIDADE: movimentos de apropriação e re-existência

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Barcelos Doebber ◽  
Maria Aparecida Bergamaschi
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
University Student ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Admission Policies ◽  
The University ◽  
Collaborative Methodology ◽  
Living Being

O crescente acesso de indígenas ao ensino superior, motivados pela busca de apropriação de ferramentas das sociedades não indígenas para a defesa de seus direitos, territórios e organização social, provocou, na última década, a consolidação de políticas de ingresso nas universidades públicas brasileiras por meiode cotas e/ou de outros programas específicos de acesso. Neste trabalho, apresentamos reflexões decorrentes de pesquisa de doutorado, a qual, através de uma metodologia colaborativa de inspiração etnográfica, cartografou movimentos do estar indígena na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), bem como as repercussões dessa presença na instituição. Observamos que, ao chegarem à universidade, os jovens indígenas re-criam esse espaço, apropriando-se do universo acadêmico, dos conhecimentos ocidentais e, ao mesmo tempo, re-existem através de uma presença disruptiva que se expressa na linguagem, nas diferentes temporalidades, na lógica comunal, no compromisso com a comunidade e na re-existência epistêmica. Desse modo, o estar sendo indígena universitário dá-se na fronteira entre dois universos opostos e complementares. Nesse lugar, habita a potência do pensar indígena que, atuando entre dois sistemas de pensamento (da ciência ocidental e o próprio), pode causar rupturas na episteme hegemônica.YOUNG INDIGENOUS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL: movements of seizing and re-existingABSTRACTThe increasing access of indigenous people to higher education, motivated by the search for seize tools from non-indigenous societies to be used in the defense of their rights, territories, and social organization, led in the last decade to the consolidation of admission policies in public universities through quotas and/or other specific access programs. Here we present reflections resulting from a doctoral research, which, through a collaborative methodology of ethnographic inspiration, mapped movements of indigenous living at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, as well as the repercussions of this presence in the institution. We note that, upon arriving to the university, young indigenous people re-create this space, seizing the academic universe of Western knowledge and, at the same time, re-exist through a disruptive presence that is expressed in language, in different temporalities, in communal logic, in commitment to the community, and in epistemic re-existence. Thus far, living, being an indigenous university student, takes place at the border between two opposite and complementary universes. In this place lives the indigenous power of thinking, acting between two systems of thought (of western science and itself), can cause ruptures in the hegemonic episteme.Keywords: Indigenous students. Modes of re-existence. University. Interculturality.

scholarly journals Recomendaciones derivadas de la acreditación de programas educativos: Análisis en una universidad pública estatal de México

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
José Alfonso Jiménez Moreno ◽  
Salvador Ponce Ceballos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Public University ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Academic Productivity ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The University

The article addresses the problem of accreditation of educational programs in Mexico. The importance of this type of evaluation is generated based on the policies in which higher education in Latin America is circumscribed. The objective of the research was to carry out a documentary analysis of 21 accreditation documents of seven programs of a public university over three periods, in order to classify the recommendations made by the accrediting instances; The resulting units or categories were as follows: Academic Staff, Students, Curriculum, Collaboration, Research and Program Management. The results show a lack of conceptual delimitation and compliance with international standards in the 21 documents, as well as information that suggests the university should increase the competitiveness of its programs, consolidate collegial work, strength trajectories, and meet the needs of the environment. The authors conclude that there is a need to make explicit the evaluation model that supports the accreditations. In addition, they  describe how the accreditation promotes academic productivity and the establishment of basic conditions for the organization and operation of educational programs.

scholarly journals Access to Higher Education in Canada

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Neil Guppy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
University Level ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The University ◽  
Modest Reduction

This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the first half of this century. The data show variations in attendance at, or graduation from, university or non-university postsecondary educational programmes by gender, language group, and socioeconomic background. The statistical analysis uses information from a large, nationally representative sample of Canadians. Results show a process of democratization at the postsecondary non- university level, but only a modest reduction in disparities at the university level.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Integration, Affirmative Action, And Diversity On Minority Student Recruitment At The University Of Alabama: A Longitudinal Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
John L. Festervand ◽  
Troy A. Festervand
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Minority Student ◽  
Minority Faculty ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Minority Representation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the University of Alabama's positions, actions, policies, and accomplishments over the past forty years with respect to minority representation among its students and faculty. The impact and progression of these initiatives by the University of Alabama demonstrates strides have been made. The paper also examines the University's recruiting efforts to attract more minority faculty and students. The transition from integration to affirmative action to diversity in higher education also are examined.

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