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End of the road? The career intentions of under-represented STEM students in higher education
BackgroundThe analogy of the leaky pipeline has been used to describe STEM education, with lower student diversity from compulsory to post-compulsory...
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The Empowering Potential of Higher Education for Underprivileged Ethnic Minorities’ Sustainable Development in Hong Kong: Educational Policies for Access and Equity
Ethnic minorityEthnic minorities (EM) students, who speak a language other than Chinese (Cantonese) at home, have become one fast-growing subgroup of...
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Reconstructing the Nation: Struggles in Portraying Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Mainstream History Textbooks
This chapter examines the changes in the portrayal of minority ethnic groups in Chinese history textbooks since the establishment of the People’s...
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Multilingual Education for Ethnic Minorities in Cambodia
For almost two decades, there has been slow but consistent progress made in providing support for access to education for ethnic minority children...
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Portrayals of Ethnic Minorities, Migration and Empire in English History Textbooks, 1910–2020
For over a century, history textbooks in England have played a significant role in constructing a strong sense of collective identity, pride in...
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Current holistic admission review practices of U.S. doctor of physical therapy programs
BackgroundThe social, cultural, and ethnic diversity of healthcare workers should match that of the U.S. population to improve health outcomes and...
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Strategies to Address Gendered Racism in Science Research Careers: a Sco** Review
The prevalence of gendered racism has resulted in the ongoing under-representation of women of color in science careers. Furthermore, organizational...
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Why are there so few ethnic minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology? Challenges to inclusion and the role of sense of belonging
African Americans and other ethnic minorities are severely underrepresented in both graduate education and among the professoriate in ecology and...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and OBGYN residency training: We have a problem and it’s not just masks
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has left no one untouched. Resident trainees have been driven to reconsider virtually every component of their daily...
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Decoding the Epistemological Framework of Social Work Research: Attrition of Under-represented Minority and Marginalised Students in Higher Education in the United States
Six out of ten of the minority students, who enrol each year in colleges and universities in the United States, do not graduate within six years...
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It’s not what you know but where you come from: Cognitive skills, job autonomy and latent discrimination of ethnic minorities in Israel
AbstractJob autonomy – employees’ freedom to schedule and organise their work independently according to their own experience and preferences – is a...
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The Silver Lining of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Undergraduate Research Experiences, Mentorship, and Posttraumatic Growth
Although previous research has documented benefits of undergraduate research experiences (UREs), posttraumatic growth from COVID-19 has never been...
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Investigating preservice teachers’ attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual students in Luxembourg
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students face victimization in multiple contexts, including the educational context. Here, teachers can serve as an...
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Equality of Opportunity and Identity Politics
Identity politics concerns the political recognition of group identities. In some cases, such politics reflects concerns about equal standing and...
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Diversity competence training for health professionals in Europe: a modified delphi study investigating relevant content for short or online courses
BackgroundDiversity is a reality in our societies, requiring health professionals to adapt to the unique needs of all patients, including migrants...
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Degree completion among students with an immigrant background in short-cycle welfare-oriented professional education
This article examines degree completion among students with an immigrant background who enrolled in professional bachelor’s degree programmes in...
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Belonging and Otherness: Teachers of Ethiopian and Russian Origins in Israeli Schools
This chapter investigates minority teachers’ experience in light of the power relations in society and their expression in schools. The study...
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Examining Educational and Career Transition Points Among a Diverse, Virtual Mentoring Network
Given the differences in trajectory for under-represented minorities in biomedical careers, we sought to explore how a virtual mentoring program, the...
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Secondary school mathematics and entrance into the STEM professions: a longitudinal study
BackgroundSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields are in high demand for qualified personnel worldwide, yet drop-out rates of...
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Multicultural Education in the United States
The United States of America represents a contradictory context for the consideration of cultural diversity in an education system. On the one hand,...