Sentences with phrase «as racial diversity»

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For the purposes of this proposal, «sustainability» is defined as how environmental and social considerations, and related financial impacts, are integrated into long - term corporate strategy, and «diversity» refers to gender, racial, and ethnic diversity.

One could interpret these numbers as showing a shift in the racial diversity of evangelicalism as a whole, or as showing a decline in white evangelicalism, or both.

Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?

A few years ago, when I was serving as a preaching pastor at NYC's Redeemer Presbyterian Church, I gave a sermon on racial diversity.

For example, in light of the self - humbling fulfillment of both law and prophecy in Jesus Christ, biblically sanctioned religious persecution or genocide can never again be even remotely conceived as an answer to religious and racial diversity.

In recent years, intense focus on diversity and multiculturalism has accentuated racial, sexual, ethnic, class, and gender differences on campus, frustrating attempts to imagine the university as a cohesive moral unit with common ends.

It continues to divide the nation black and white, liberal and conservative, as post-1960s debates over mandatory integration, diversity, and racial preferences remind us.

Those, however, who hope for unity through culture regard this diversity between cultures as a transitional phase preceding the development of a world culture which will result from cross-fertilization between national or racial cultures.

For all the beauty of ethnic, religious and racial diversities, there is a troubling aspect to the current rise of ethnic consciousness — or, as it is sometimes called, the new ethnicity — and that is the fact that it has become politicized.

Lack of diversity in lactation field: Not only are there blatant racial disparities in breastfeeding rates, there is a blatant disparity in breastfeeding leadership as well.

As with other tough topics, it helps to talk to your child early and often about racial diversity.

As Buffalo Public Schools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the schools.

Lev Dassin, the acting United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, announced today that Westchester County has agreed to fund the building of 750 units of affordable housing in areas with low racial and ethnic diversity in order to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the United States under the False Claims Act as well as the Housing and Community Development Act.

The FDNY touted its growing racial and gender diversity as more than 300 probationary firefighters graduated on Wednesday — but that didn't stop a bigot from joining the department.

«As a national model, we must maintain our upward momentum to end gender and racial inequality through public policy that celebrates our diversity,» Council Member Cumbo said at the rally, pointing to other city and state efforts like the municipal identification card program and a higher minimum wage.

We asked people whether they thought racial and ethnic differences should be actively ignored or positively acknowledged as part of the organization's efforts to promote diversity.

Liliana Garces, assistant professor of higher education at Pennsylvania State University, said racial diversity has fallen significantly at schools that are barred from considering race as a factor in admissions.

Despite tremendous racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity in our cohort, as well as variability in cancer type and functional status, we were able to illustrate similar improvements in QOL.

This, of course, would have been a nice opportunity to hire a black model, as there aren't many jobs available for non-white models (as Jezebel pointed out, 82 percent of the models at New York Fashion Week this season were white) and some might argue (I would argue) that the lack of racial diversity in the fashion industry promotes a standard of beauty which verges on (slash is) white supremacist.

The diversity among the Asian communities is impressive and is sub-divided into racial characteristic, cultural, and ethnic traits that are far removed (but as rich) from the Western world.

Prompted by the rise in popularity of online dating, as well as the growing racial diversity in the United States, Richard is predominantly interested in how historic processes of interpersonal attraction are affected by modern advancements in technology and influenced by this increasing racial diversity.

Even though a lot of people do prefer to emphasise the cultural and racial diversity of hot southern countries such as Colombia and Brazil, we still can not pass by this particular corner of the world called Russia.

Interracial interactions not dating alone is a harbinger of peace as it creates a greater understanding of ethnic diversity, racial characteristics and cultures that exist on this planet.

Interracial interactions not dating alone is a harbinger of peace as it creates a greater understanding of racial characteristics, ethnic diversity and cultures that exist on earth.

According to experts, accepting people who belong to diverse racial and cultural backgrounds is considered as a positive sign and people are looking forward to accepting these diversities.

Aside from Chicago being known as one of the best cities when it comes to tasty distinct food, it is also one of the top cities (actually 4th) when it comes to racial diversity.

An African American director casting one of the greatest African American movie stars as a «classic» western hero, just as President Obama prepares to ride off into the sunset (while mainstream cinema struggles to catch up with the racial diversity of the US) is a recipe for bold imagery.

Perhaps for a boy from Minnesota first encountering all this racial diversity, the presence of non-white people would come as something of a disorienting shock.

Commissioner of Education Vincent L. Ferrandino of Connecticut has proposed allowing parents to choose the public schools their children attend as a way to promote racial diversity.

But in a new article for Education Next, «Desegregation Since the Coleman Report: Racial composition of schools and student learning,» Steven Rivkin of the University of Illinois at Chicago identifies a key trend masquerading as resegregation: the decreasing enrollment share of white students due to the increasing ethnic diversity of public schools.

We summarize a body of work documenting that when institutions can not consider race in admissions — as has been the case in states that have banned affirmative action via ballot measures or other policies — racial and ethnic diversity has declined across various educational sectors, not just at selective undergraduate institutions, but in the professional fields of law, business, and medicine, as well as other graduate disciplines.

When Johnson left TFA and joined Larchmont as its executive director, however, the school was facing a challenge experienced by many diverse charter schools: the annual admissions lottery was being flooded by white, relatively well - off parents, creating the danger that the school would lose the socioeconomic and racial diversity it was created to promote.

«What's happening now, all over the country, is an increasing racial, linguistic, and religious diversity» as high numbers of immigrant families settle into small rural communities.

As a follow - up to # 1 above is diversity, and we are not talking about racial equality, although that playing field certainly gets leveled on live streaming platforms.

Family education programs: Films, speakers or discussions for parents and guardians on topics such as bullying prevention, identity development, racial identity, gender expression, sexuality, learning differences or family diversity.

Hispanic students for the first time outnumber their peers in other racial and ethnic groups in Montgomery County's public schools, a milestone for diversity in a suburb long regarded as largely white and affluent.

To the extent the objective is sufficient diversity so that students see fellow students as individuals rather than solely as members of a racial group, using means that treat students solely as members of a racial group is fundamentally at cross-purposes with that end.

the New York City Department of Education's (DOE) plan to add racial diversity to Specialized High - Schools by offering intensive test prep to high - achieving, underserved students as too - little, too - late, the Panel for Educational Policy has voted to make a

Since economic segregation closely mirrors racial segregation, integrating schools by income will help create racial and ethnic diversity as well, and this form of diversity produces numerous benefits.

This type of data is needed to accurately describe changes in diversity as students move between sectors because there is significant variation in student demographics at the school level that is often obscured when examining the issue at higher levels of aggregation (e.g. comparing charters as a group to surrounding school district or metropolitan area) and can complicate the drawing of valid inferences about the relationship between public school choice and racial sorting.

They insist that Finland can not serve as a model because it lacks racial diversity; but they fall silent when one points out that Finland has the same demographics as Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway, yet gets superior results.

As Green (2004) explains, «[b] ecause the courts no longer legitimize race - conscious remedies as a means of correcting societal discrimination, a new camp surfaces and argues that within the context of higher education, racial diversity is important to educational excellence and a democratic society» (379As Green (2004) explains, «[b] ecause the courts no longer legitimize race - conscious remedies as a means of correcting societal discrimination, a new camp surfaces and argues that within the context of higher education, racial diversity is important to educational excellence and a democratic society» (379as a means of correcting societal discrimination, a new camp surfaces and argues that within the context of higher education, racial diversity is important to educational excellence and a democratic society» (379).

As for students of color, once admitted, they are to integrate wholesomely if racial diversity is to help white students.

Moreover, the report included case studies of three school districts, located in separate areas of the country, each using different strategies to voluntarily increase racial and socioeconomic diversity, such as utilizing magnet schools, new student attendance zones, and school choice policies.

«There are quantifiable academic and social benefits that point to racial diversity as a central tenet of a high - quality teaching force,» said Executive Director of Educators 4 Excellence - Minnesota Madaline Edison.

Preliminary hires the district made through the end of June 2015, pointed to an upswing, «about 10 to 15 percent more racial diversity,» says Lloyd, who was counting on a more noticeable bump as the hiring concluded before school started.

Reid and Kagan have made a valuable contribution by arguing that greater economic and racial diversity in preschool classrooms is a goal worth pursuing, as it contributes to preschool quality.

Districts may design school choice programs in a way that achieves diversity or avoids racial isolation using race - neutral factors (such as socioeconomic status) or generalized race - based factors that look at things like the overall racial composition of neighborhoods but do not involve decision - making on the basis of any individual student's race.

Racial / Ethnic Diversity and Academic Quality as Components of School Choice.

Increasing racial, ethnic, linguistic, socio - economic, and gender diversity in the teacher workforce can have a positive effect for all students, but the impact is even more pronounced when students have a teacher who shares characteristics of their identity.20 For example, teachers of color are often better able to engage students of color, 21 and students of color score higher on standardized tests when taught by teachers of color.22 By holding students of color to a set of high expectations, 23 providing culturally relevant teaching, confronting racism through teaching, and developing trusting relationships with their students, teachers of color can increase other educational outcomes for students of color, such as high school completion and college attendance.24