Inequality Seminar: Martin Kivlighan, Aislinn Conrad-Hiebner and Elizabeth Menninga, "Diversity Program Adoption across the Big 10"
"Diversity Program Adoption Across the Big 10" will be presented by Martin Kivlighan, Assistant Professor in the UI College of Education; Aislinn Conrad-Hiebner, Assistant Professor in the UI School of Social Work; and Elizabeth Menninga, Assistant Professor in the UI Department of Political Science, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3 in W113 Seashore Hall as part of the Inequality Seminar.
In the United States, college graduates experience better employment opportunities, increased income and greater wealth than high school graduates. Despite the widespread benefits of attending college, universities have traditionally served students from white and middle-to-upper class backgrounds and have unsuccessfully retained diverse students, resulting in the further marginalization of underrepresented populations. In fact, it is estimated that 6 out of 10 black and Latino/a undergraduates at a four-year institution will fail to graduate (Museus & Quaye, 2009). Recognizing a need for greater inclusion of and support for underrepresented students, universities have turned their attention to the development of diversity programs to both encourage greater diversity within the institution and to provide supportive services to students from traditionally marginalized backgrounds. Although evidence suggests that greater diversity initiatives in higher education fosters students’ academic and social growth (Gurin, Dey, Hurtado, & Gurin, 2002; Hurtado, 2001; Denson & Chang, 2009; Villalpando, 2002), little is known about the establishment and spread of these programs across universities. Therefore, this research seeks to further explore processes and patterns of developing and implementing diversity programs. Specifically, we examine factors related to the adoption of Chief Diversity Offices, programing for women in STEM majors, and programming for first generation college students between the institutions of the Big Ten.
The poster for this talk is available here.
The Inequality Seminar is a seminar and speaker series that provides a forum on campus for faculty and graduate students who are interested in inequality broadly defined. It is an opportunity for faculty and graduate students to present their research and to hear about other inequality-related work from researchers on and off-campus.
The Inequality Seminar meets Mondays from 1:30-3 p.m. in W113 Seashore Hall.
If you are interested in hearing about future talks (which well be held each Monday throughout the semester), or if you have any questions about the Inequality Seminar, please contact Sarah Bruch at sarah-bruch@uiowa.edu.