Introduction to the Emergent Approaches to Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education Special Issue

Patton, Lori D.; Shahjahan, Riyad A.; Osei-Kofi, Nana

doi:10.1080/10665684.2010.496692

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“…Incorporating these different perspectives of educational justice in higher education represents a major challenge because they appear contradictory. It this way, Patton, Shahjahan & Osei-Kofi (2010) point out to the need of generating a holistic, multi-faced and contextualized approach to understanding the concept of social justice in higher education. Considering this perspective, Nelson, Creagh & Clarke (2012) identify five topics related to social justice in higher education: i) self-determination; ii) equity; iii) participation; iv) rights; and, v) access.…”

Section: The Debate Of Social Justice In the Access To Higher Educatimentioning

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Social justice debate and college access in Latin America: merit or need? The role of educational institutions and states in broadening access to higher education in the region

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Treviño

Wyman

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During the first decade of the 21st century, Latin America experienced an intense economic growth that increased access in the school system. In this context, the paper analyzes four different programs from Bolivia (Intercultural Community Indigenous Universities), Brazil (Quotas´ Law), Chile (Follow up and Effective Access to Higher Education Program) and Ecuador (Scholarship Program based on Quotas) aimed at improving the participation of marginalized students in the university from three different perspectives. First, conceptually, the paper analyzes the governance of these programs in terms of what are the institutional arrangements that define who is responsible for solving this source of inequality in higher education. Second, the study looks at the concepts of equality, fairness, merit, need and diversity behind the different initiatives presented, using the social justice debate. Thirdly, the paper uses the framework of analysis of different types of access programs to study the scope, components and arrangements of the policies. The results show a high level of heterogeneity in the characteristics and focuses of the programs, which allows to deepen the discussion on the role of access to higher education in the region.

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Social justice debate and college access in Latin America: merit or need? The role of educational institutions and states in broadening access to higher education in the region

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“…To value the diversity of work groups, it is necessary to acknowledge that being different subjects an individual to mistreatment, unjust behaviors, and a number of other social ills. Therefore, critical theorists argue that a more integrated conceptual framing of diversity is needed to realize an organization’s goals and ensure the highest and most favorable regard for groups of people that are labeled under the category of diversity (Patton et al, 2010).…”

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Reconciling the Business Case and the Social Justice Case for Diversity: A Model of Human Relations

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Sparkman

2022

Human Resource Development Review

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There are two dichotomous rationales for valuing diversity in organizational contexts: the business case and the social justice case. Arguments for the business case for diversity and the social justice case are both supported by valuing philosophies. However, lacking in either of these philosophies is a human relations component that recognizes the role of relationships in achieving the intended goals. In this article, we propose that reconciling the tensions between the business case and the social justice case is contingent upon adopting an organizational strategy that includes a human relations valuing philosophy. The organizational strategy suggested reaffirms a strategic role of human resource development.

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“…The last decades have witnessed a pervasive tendency for universities to align their mission and teaching (at least at the level of integrating in the syllabi) to social justice and for universities and their respective faculty to claim militancy for social justice with some engaging in actual militancy through protests, lobbying, building, and participating in social movements, writing, etc. (Lynch et al 2010;Patton et al 2010). More recently, universities, academic societies 1 , and academics in general are taking on social responsibility as another dimension of their service to communities and the world at large.…”

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Modernity’s University, Social Justice, and Social Responsibility

Cossa

2021

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Centered on the experience of Eduardo Mondlane in three universities in the United States, this article highlights the importance of universities to assume a social responsibility stance that is critical of its philosophical foundation and roots itself on perceptions of human beyond the current cartesian ethos. Conceptually, the article centers its discourse on the divergent conceptualizations of human drawn from humanism and uBuntu, as foundational differentiators of perceptions and practices of justice and social responsibility. Theoretically, it leans on a critique of modernity and humanism by presenting uBuntu and Cosmo‑uBuntu as alternative philosophical and theoretical lenses for problematizing and explaining justice and social responsibility. Methodologically, it draws from reflexivity, hermeneutics (especially, textual criticism), and archival documentary research. Its purpose is to inspire universities to engage in reflexivity about their social responsibility claims and to encourage an intentional commitment to social responsibility that is informed by exterior to modernity theorizing.

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Introduction to the Emergent Approaches to Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education Special Issue

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Social justice debate and college access in Latin America: merit or need? The role of educational institutions and states in broadening access to higher education in the region

Social justice debate and college access in Latin America: merit or need? The role of educational institutions and states in broadening access to higher education in the region

Reconciling the Business Case and the Social Justice Case for Diversity: A Model of Human Relations

Modernity’s University, Social Justice, and Social Responsibility

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