The Impact of Diversity and Multiculturalism on All Students: Findings from a National Study

NASPA Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Octavio Villalpando
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
National Study ◽  
Diversity Initiatives ◽  
Instructional Methodology ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Racial Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This longitudinal study examined the differential impact of a range of college diversity initiatives on white, African American, Mexican American/Chicano(a), and Asian American college students. The sample included 15,600 students from 365 four-year colleges and universities, who were initially surveyed in 1985 and followed up again in 1989. After four years of college, regardless of the students’ race/ethnicity, their overall level of satisfaction with their college experience was positively influenced by (a) attending racial/cultural awareness workshops; (b) socializing with students of different racial/ethnic groups; (c) taking courses from faculty who use instructional methodology with content on ethnic/racial issues, research, or writing addressing women, ethnicity or race; and (d) campus policies and practices that promote diversity initiatives.

Women of Ethnic Minorities in Pediatrics

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 706-710
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic

OVERVIEW Minority women physicians may be defined as those of nonwhite racial and ethnic identification. There is a paucity of data available on these women. Until the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the impact of affirmative action programs, reliable statistics regarding minorities were scarce. Subsequently, a data base identifying racial/ethnic origin as well as sex of medical students and physicians has been evolving. Many sources are currently unable to provide such information because most applications are without racial identification. Neither the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) nor the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) maintain data regarding racial/ethnic origin of members. In the 1970s there was a rapid increase in admissions of both women and minorities in US medical schools. First-year enrollment in 1980-1981 included 14.1% minority men and women (Table 1). The number of minority women entering medical school increased from 266 (2.2%) in 1971-1972 to 1,066 (6.2%) in 1981-1982 (Table 2). In departments of pediatrics in US medical schools in 1982, minority women represented 17% of all faculty members. Of 201 minority women, there were 127 Asian, 37 black, 24 Puerto Rican, three Mexican-American, nine other Hispanic, and one American Indian. The most significant increase in representation has occurred in the Asian ethnic group. Minority populations have poorer health status and are at higher risk with respect to accessibility, availability, and utilization of health services. The recruitment and training of minority physicians is important in providing culturally sensitive health care acceptable to bilingual and bicultural minorities. Most minority groups have career development problems that may be related to their ethnic and cultural background.

scholarly journals UNSETTLING THE GEOGRAPHY OF OAKLAND'S WAR ON POVERTY

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan C. Herrera
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Local Level ◽  
War On Poverty ◽  
The Political ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic

AbstractHistorical studies of the War on Poverty have overwhelmingly focused on its consequences in African American communities. Many studies have grappled with how War on Poverty innovations co-opted a thriving African American social movement. This paper explores the impact of War on Poverty programs on the development of a political cadre of Mexican American grassroots leaders in Oakland, California. It investigates how coordinated 1960s protests by Mexican American organizations reveal Oakland's changing racial/ethnic conditions and shifting trends in the state's relationship to the urban poor. It demonstrates how a national shift to place-based solutions to poverty devolved the “problem of poverty” from the national to the local level and empowered a new set of actors—community-based organizations—in the fight against poverty. This essay argues that the devolution of federal responsibility for welfare provided the political and institutional opening for the rise of powerful Mexican American organizations whose goal was the recognition of a “Mexican American community” meriting government intervention. This essay also demonstrates how Mexican American organizations mobilized in relation to African American social movements and to geographies of poverty that were deemed exclusively Black.

Gender and Racial Issues for New Counseling Psychologists in Academia

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadya A. Fouad ◽  
Robert T. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
New Professionals ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
Racial Issues ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Counseling Psychologists

Counseling psychology has begun to focus on the concerns of new professionals, but it has not addressed the concerns of women or visible racial/ethnic group members (i.e., Black, Hispanic, Native American, or Asian American) as new counseling psychologists in academia. This article addresses their unique concerns and makes recommendations for new faculty members as well as for the departments that hire them. The article focuses on issues (a) for new professors in counseling psychology, (b) shared by women and visible racial/ethnic group members, and (c) experienced differently by women and visible racial/ethnic group members.

scholarly journals The Impact of Structural Inequities on Older Asian Americans During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Pui Kwan Ma ◽  
Adrian Matias Bacong ◽  
Simona C. Kwon ◽  
Stella S. Yi ◽  
Lan N. Ðoàn
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Structural Inequities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Structural racism manifests as an historical and continued invisibility of Asian Americans, whose experiences of disparities and diverse needs are omitted in research, data, and policy. During the pandemic, this invisibility intersects with rising anti-Asian violence and other persistent structural inequities that contribute to higher COVID-19 mortality in older Asian Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites. This perspective describes how structural inequities in social determinants of health—namely immigration, language and telehealth access, and economic conditions—lead to increased COVID-19 mortality and barriers to care among older Asian Americans. Specifically, we discuss how the historically racialized immigration system has patterned older Asian immigrant subpopulations into working in frontline essential occupations with high COVID-19 exposure. The threat of “public charge” rule has also prevented Asian immigrants from receiving eligible public assistance including COVID-19 testing and vaccination programs. We highlight the language diversity among older Asian Americans and how language access remains unaddressed in clinical and non-clinical services and creates barriers to routine and COVID-19 related care, particularly in geographic regions with small Asian American populations. We discuss the economic insecurity of older Asian immigrants and how co-residence in multigenerational homes has exposed them to greater risk of coronavirus transmission. Using an intersectionality-informed approach to address structural inequities, we recommend the disaggregation of racial/ethnic data, meaningful inclusion of older Asian Americans in research and policy, and equitable investment in community and multi-sectoral partnerships to improve health and wellbeing of older Asian Americans.

Race talk: How racial worldview impacts discussions in interracial relationships

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110115
Author(s):  
James E. Brooks ◽  
Linda M. Ly ◽  
Shabnam E. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Interracial Relationships ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Racial Issues ◽  
Relationship Communication ◽  
Interracial Relationship ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Method Approach

Using a mixed-method approach, this study investigates how individuals believe race impacts their interracial relationship. Two-hundred and three individuals representing diverse racial-gender compositions of relationships responded to a series of measures to assess their Racial Worldview—a collective of notions about racial/ethnic identity, intergroup relations, and recognition of racist hegemony—before indicating the ways in which race or racial issues affect their romantic partnership. Results revealed four distinct types of Racial Worldview through K-means cluster and four broad themes of influences on relationship communication and functioning. Cross-tabs analyses indicated that Racial Worldview and participants perceptions of the impact of race were related with statistically significant differences between those who acknowledge racism and valued group differences reaching different conclusions than those who do not. The results add to existing research by drawing attention to the heterogeneity of thought and understanding within interracial relationships. The promise of using Racial Worldview in future research is discussed.

The (Re)production of Family

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Kimberly D. McKee
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Reproduction ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Korean Children ◽  
Adoptive Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This chapter investigates the sexual and social reproductive disjunctures produced by international adoption as well as how this dissonance impacts the racialization of the family. Engaging scholarship concerned with queer theory and heterosexual reproduction, this chapter contends that adoptive parents of Korean children embody deviant reprosexuality, which accounts for the parents’ non-procreative sexual reproduction of the white, heteronormative family. To better understand how the adoptive family disrupts normative white and Asian American families through racial performativity, this chapter explores transraciality—the dislocation adoptees’ experience in negotiating their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities in childhood and adulthood. This concept accounts for how racial difference functions within the family, including the impact of colorblindness rhetoric on adoptees’ senses of self.

The State of Asian American Businesses

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Diem Tran ◽  
OiYan Poon
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Asian American ◽  
The State ◽  
Business Success ◽  
American Business ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Business Ownership ◽  
Careful Scrutiny ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Business success is a dominant theme in the Asian American narrative. However, Asian American entrepreneurship is more complex and multilayered than commonly believed and requires careful scrutiny. This brief examines the state of Asian American business ownership between 2005 and 2007. Findings suggest that although Asian Americans form businesses at higher rates than other racial/ethnic minorities, Asian American business ownership and outcomes continue to trail those of non-Hispanic whites. Potential factors contributing to racial/ethnic gaps and policy recommendations are discussed.

Serving the People in Long Beach, California: Advancing Justice for Southeast Asian Youth through Community University Research Partnerships

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
R. Varisa Patraporn
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Khmer Girl’s in Action is a nonprofit that successfully utilizes community-based participatory research (CBPR) with university partners to create social change for youth in Long Beach, CA. Based on semi-structured interviews and content analysis of news articles, I explore the impact and sustainability of this research work and the research partnerships. Findings highlight impacts such as youth empowerment, heightened awareness around community needs, policy change, and CBPR curriculum improvements in the field as impacts. Sustainability requires integrating research into program funding, utilizing a tailored training curriculum, building on community members prior relationships, and selecting partners that share common goals, levels of commitment, and flexibility. As funders demand more data to justify community needs, understanding more examples of such work in the Asian American community will be useful for informing future partnerships.

Welfare Reform and the Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Programs to AAPIs: What Works?

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Chow ◽  
Grace Yoo ◽  
Catherine Vu
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Work Program ◽  
What Works ◽  
One Stop ◽  
The Impact

The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) of 1996 has major implications for low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the research currently examining the impact of welfare reform on AAPI recipients and the welfare-to-work services available to this population. This article highlights AAPI participation and their timing-out rates in California’s CalWORKs program and their barriers to transitioning to work. Four welfare-to-work program models and recommendations are presented to illustrate strategies that can be used to address the unique needs of AAPI in order to alleviate their high risk for timing-out: one-stop-shops, transitional jobs programs, providing comprehensive and family focused services, and additional research and evaluation of programs specific to assisting the AAPI population on CalWORKs.

Impact of Training and Development Programmes on the Productivity of Employees in the Banks

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaspreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Linear Forms ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
The Impact

Manpower training and development is an important aspect of human resources management which must be embarked upon either proactively or reactively to meet any change brought about in the course of time. Training is a continuous and perennial activity. It provides employees with the knowledge and skills to perform more effectively. The study examines the opinions of trainees regarding the impact of training and development programmes on the productivity of employees in the selected banks. To evaluate the impact of training and development programmes on productivity of banking sector, multiple regression analysis was employed in both log as well as log-linear forms. Also the impact of three sets of training i.e. objectives, methods and basics on level of satisfaction of respondents with the training was also examined through employing the regression analysis in the similar manner.

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