The Challenges of Dealing with Diverse Student Population at South African Institutions of Higher Education and their Impact on Student Learning

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Morewane Edward Sedibe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Diverse Student Population

scholarly journals Ensuring success in a fully online Computer Literacy Module

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Diverse Student Population

In recent years much has been written about the potential of e-learning to address some of the difficulties that Higher Education Institutions are faced with in relation to reduced academic staffing levels catering to an increasing and diverse student population. The mere mention of e-learning (Hunt, 2011) may indicate an assumption that e-learning will solve these issues. Providing access to these systems without sufficient supports reduces the likelihood that these systems will succeed. This presentation and discussion will focus on the need for supports considered essential in the delivery of fully online courses.

scholarly journals Learning Effectiveness of Lecture Versus Laboratory: are labs worth it?

1998 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
B. Hufnagel ◽  
E. Loh ◽  
J. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Science Majors ◽  
State University ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning ◽  
Diverse Student Population

Michigan State University (MSU) serves a large and diverse student population, ∼ 1000 of whom take the astronomy course for non-science majors each year. Significant resources are also invested in the related astronomy lab, enrolling about half the lecture students. Although this lab is optional, the students are required to complete one lab course for their degree. In the fall of 1995, we undertook an extensive assessment of student learning in these astronomy courses.

scholarly journals Exploring the Social and Academic Experiences of International Students in Higher Education Institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-162
Author(s):  
Sherrie Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Academic Experiences ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Diverse Student Population

This edited book explores the multifaceted experiences of international students in higher education. With an increasing presence of international students in universities across the globe, there is a need for a greater awareness of such a diverse student population. Although the studies in this book are mostly based in North American educational settings, the range of topics reflects important ongoing and emerging issues.

scholarly journals A Fresh Approach: Ethnic Diversity On Campuses In America

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela E. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Intellectual Abilities ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Diverse Student Population ◽  
Black Colleges And Universities

The Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) has defined its legacy.  The HBCU developed campuses to prepare African-Americans for a variety of careers.  They are considered to be specialized educational system within higher education.  This system provided a way for many African-Americans to showcase their intellectual abilities.  The HBCU’s historical context and missions primarily focus on African-Americans (Roebuck & Komanduri, 1993).  As education for African-Americans changed, access to college became more inclusive.  More HBCU’s face adversity and diversity, with challenges brought on by a more diverse student population.  This article describes how the HBCUs must look at ethnic diversity on campuses.  Then begin the challenge of modifying traditional missions based on serving one type of ethnic student population.

Handbook of undergraduate second language education. Judith W. Rosenthal (Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2000. Pp. 400.

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-281
Author(s):  
D. Bradford Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Second Language Education ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Diverse Student Population

Judith Rosenthal has brought together a wide variety of articles on second language (L2) teaching and learning that will surely interest foreign language (FL) educators in U.S. universities who are struggling to increase or maintain enrollment in their courses or who are seeking new ideas to meet the needs and demands of an increasingly diverse student population. Rather than encourage individual language departments to continue their separate battles for survival, Rosenthal hopes to enhance the “integration” of FL programs in order “to better promote proficiency in more than one language” (p. 353). This volume clearly illustrates how teachers of various languages can collaborate and share experiences in order to find solutions to what are often very similar problems.

scholarly journals Postsecondary Systems, Massification, and the Research University

2017 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Philip G. Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Diverse Student Population

In the context of massification, few countries have made any comprehensive effort to create clearly defined and differentiated academic systems to serve new academic functions. This pursuit is important to ensure quality and to meet the wide range of needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

Predicting NCLEX-RN Success in a Diverse Student Population

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall D. Alameida ◽  
Alice Prive ◽  
Harvey C. Davis ◽  
Lynette Landry ◽  
Andrea Renwanz-Boyle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Population ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Diverse Student Population

scholarly journals White Multicultural Voices in Southern Universities: An Overview

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
Gina M. Doepker ◽  
Steven Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Southern Universities ◽  
Diverse Student Population

AbstractIt is a fact that the diversity of today’s student population in schools across the United States is growing. According to the Center for Public Education (2012), it is also a fact that the majority of teachers in these schools are White, middleclass females. As a result of this demographic mismatch, teacher educators have been charged with the mission to help future teachers embrace multiculturalism so as to effectively meet the needs of this diverse student population. In order for this pedagogical shift to be successful, teacher educators themselves (who are also majority White) must first embrace the tenets of multiculturalism as well. This article introduces the Special Issue of Muticultural Learning and Teaching (MLT) that presents the personal narratives regarding multiculturalism of several White scholars in academia who currently work in the field of teacher education in southern universities where diversity abounds throughout the schools.

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