Sentences with phrase «said racial 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.

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Google has faced criticism over its diversity practices from both sides: those who say it's not doing enough to include women and underrepresented racial minorities, and those who assert that its efforts go too far.

Coles said that you want to have men involved in initiatives to recruit women and foster leadership among female colleagues in the same way you want white employees involved in initiatives about racial diversity.

In fact, she said, she'd had a similar experience at Google, despite its very public efforts toward racial diversity and gender equity.

The document said that improving racial and gender diversity is less important than making sure conservatives feel comfortable expressing themselves at work.

Rashad Robinson, executive director of online racial justice organization Color of Change, said in a statement late Tuesday that while he applauded Uber's newfound transparency, «the onus is now on Kalanick and Uber's leadership team to prove that all this public soul - searching isn't just a public relations ploy and to work with advocates and experts to meaningfully increase diversity at the company.»

«The article, «Race, Diversity, and Membership Duration in Religious Congregations,» said that nine out of ten congregations in the U.S. are segregated — a single racial groups accounts for more than 80 percent of their membership.»

He likes the framework of diversity, but instead of racial and gender diversity, he says we need to begin emphasizing «viewpoint diversity.»

Hayes said that it directly contradicted the Hawks» new commitment to racial diversity following so many incidents in the Hawks» recent history (like Bruce Levenson's racist emails and Danny Ferry's comments).

«There are a whole bunch of different ideas floating around right now, how it can be modified but still meet the goals of increasing diversity across academic racial and economic,» said Kristen Berger of the local elected parent council.

While several new faces in city government will help increase racial diversity, McLaughlin said that doesn't mean issues for people of color will be focused topics.

«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.

He said that while the desire for diversity is «a popular rallying cry in American religion,» previous research has shown that an estimated nine of 10 U.S. congregations contain more than 80 percent of one racial group, and almost half of the congregations in America are completely of one race.

A lot has been said in recent years about the need for greater diversity on the runway — not just racial diversity, but body diversity.

Industry watchers say Hollywood needs a stronger infrastructure of support for black filmmakers to sustain this level of racial diversity on and off the screen.

Linked with a long history of religious and ethnic intolerance, racial and social inequality, and severe national tensions, diversity has undoubtedly bred hatred, prejudice, discrimination, and violence in some people over the course of history, says Senior Lecturer Todd Pittinsky in his new book, Us Plus Them.

Most parents say they value racial / ethnic and economic diversity in schools — but they're divided on its actual benefits, and interest wanes if it means a longer trip to school.

Ironically, the broad diversity argument in higher education — that it benefits everyone, including white students — has perhaps led to a decline in a focus on racial inequities, says Harvard education professor Natasha Warikoo, and «maybe it's time to rethink this very shallow way we talk about affirmative action.»

African - American parents, by an overwhelming margin, want the public schools to focus on achievement rather than on racial diversity and integration, a survey released last week says.

«The problem is that when that is the only way students make sense of affirmative action and diversity,» says Warikoo, «it leads to some perverse outcomes,» including the perception of reverse racial discrimination and anxiety about how others are affecting their success.

«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.

Racial and social diversity and institutional racism are also important topics, he said.

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.

According to the CTC report released last week, not only did 1,900 additional teaching candidates enroll in educator preparation programs compared to recent years, they also added racial diversity experts say is important in classroom settings.

But the new digs also symbolize something else for Ball — and some of the state's top charter school advocates, who say the gravitation of charter schools toward Idaho's typically underserved areas is one way they can curb a current lack of socioeconomic and racial diversity.

But, as Lillie from Around the World L said in her post on the issue, the main problem with the event hinged on the dearth of racial diversity.

She has contributed to, and been written about, in several anthologies of literary criticism including: The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind (Fence Books, 2015); The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip - Hop (Haymarket Books, 2015); What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America (University of Alabama Press, 2015); The & Now Awards 3: The Best Innovative Writing (Northwestern University Press, 2015); I'll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing By Women (Les Figues Pess, 2012); eco language reader (Portable Press at Yo - Yo Labs and Nightboat Books, 2010); American Women Poets in the 21st Century (Wesleyan University Press, 2002); and An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art (University of Michigan Press, 2002).

«It's a racial diversity, it's a gender diversity, it's an age diversity,» Sheffer said.

Ruemmler said that racial diversity, gender diversity and «experiential» diversity were all important factors in determining the best candidates.

I think firms can step back and really take a hard look at that and say do we feel like we have adequate representation, not only of gender, let's get it all at one time, racial diversity, ethnic diversity, and so on, but really take a hard look at your committees and make sure that you are being representative of your firm in such a way that you can produce policies and procedures that are going to help you retrain that talent that you've worked so hard to recruit.

«REALTORS ® embrace our country's racial and ethnic diversity and strive every day to make the benefits of homeownership accessible to everyone,» said NAR President Moe Veissi, broker - owner of Veissi & Associates Inc., in Miami.