Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 02120023
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED342930 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Ethnic Monitoring and Its Uses in Colleges.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1992
NOTE: 9 p.
ABSTRACT: Colleges of further education in Great Britain
have been involved in three recent initiatives in the
implementation of ethnic monitoring: (1) a report on ethnic
monitoring in postsecondary education; (2) two management
training conferences on the implementation and uses of
ethnic monitoring for representatives of further, adult,
and higher education as well as local authorities; and (3)
ethnic monitoring at the course level as the result of a
more detailed study of how individual colleges use ethnic
monitoring data to inform their internal planning and
policymaking practices, improve the quality of services,
and promote equal opportunities for ethnic minorities.
Among potential benefits to be gained from introducing
ethnic monitoring are that such monitoring facilitates: the
collection of background data to use for future
developments on equal opportunities; the ability of
colleges to review provision and service delivery in the
light of analysis of ethnic background information on their
student body; and the drawing of comparisons across the
years in the areas of services to minority groups. Ethnic
monitoring has revealed that black students tend to enroll
in low-level courses, Asian women are underrepresented in
further and higher education, and there are differences in
enrollment patterns between men and women. Key issues to
evolve from ethnic monitoring at course level include the
need for involvement of senior management, the importance
of publication and dissemination of results, and the
necessity of relating ethnic data to other information.
(KC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Data-Collection; Developed-Nations;
Foreign
Countries; Higher-Education; Minority-Groups; Program
Development; Racial-Composition; Technical-Institutes
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Adult-Education; *Affirmative-Action;
*Continuing-Education; *Cultural-Background; *Equal
Education; *Ethnic-Groups
This is an ERIC database document. ERIC is the National
Education Information Network for providing ready access
to the literature of education -descriptions of exemplary
programs, research and development efforts, and related
information that can be used in developing more effective
educational programs. The ERIC database is currently
available on CD-ROM in the main library (ground floor of
the west wing) at Michigan State University. To locate
ERIC documents in the library identify the first line of
each record (i.e., the field ERIC TITLE NUMBER). ED
following ERIC TITLE NUMBER indicates an ERIC document,
an unpublished research study. Most of these items are
available in the Microforms library, located on the 3rd
floor of the west wing. All you need is the six digit ED
number. If EJ follows ERIC TITLE NUMBER the item is a
journal article. The complete journal name is listed after
the code JOURNAL.
This information is for educational purposes only. References
to commercial products or trade names does not imply
endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not
mentioned. This information becomes public property upon
publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU
Extension. Reprinting cannot be used to endorse or advertise
a commercial product or company.
This file was generated from data base DP on 06/25/02.
Data base DP was last revised on 12/95/ .
For more information about this data base or its contents please contact
cook@msue.msu.edu . Please read our
disclaimer for important
information about using our site.