53.069 - Shifting Socioeconomic and Educational International Challenges: Models to Foster Equity in Colleges and Universities

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Regarding the conference theme, “achieving equal educational opportunity,” this panel examines challenges, options, and potential policies in postsecondary education and city/government organizations involving Brazil, England, and the United States. Of particular significance are: 1) underrepresented groups encompassing African American administrators and students in an Historically Black College and University and Brazilian students; 2) comparative field research of doctoral underrepresented STEM students (African and Latino/a Americans and African/Caribbean/Pakistani/Bangladeshi English) in the United States and England at urban research universities; and 3) Black girls in English secondary schools and their well-being. The panel explicates the importance of innovative public and educational models, recognition of formal and informal cultural diversity indicators; and strategic plans with awards for equity and sanctions for non-compliance.

Sub Unit

• SIG-International Studies

Chair

• Elizabeth C. Reilly, Loyola Marymount University

Papers

• Historically Black College/University Campus Internationalization and Brazilian Student Study Campus Case Study - Kassie Freeman, African Diaspora Consortium

• Fostering STEM Professionals From Diverse American and English Demographics - Beverly Lindsay, University of California

• Oppression and Its Effect on Black British Girls' Well-Being in Education - Victoria Showunmi, UCL Institute of Education,London

Discussant

• Petronilha Beatriz Goncalves e Silva, Federal University of Sao Carlos