Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Student Diversity | 3 |
Affirmative Action | 2 |
College Admission | 2 |
Educational Policy | 2 |
Foreign Countries | 2 |
Race | 2 |
Racial Segregation | 2 |
Access to Education | 1 |
Admission Criteria | 1 |
College Students | 1 |
Criticism | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
South African Journal of… | 3 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 3 |
Opinion Papers | 3 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 3 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
South Africa | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
van der Westhuizen, G. J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Since 1994, education policy documents in South Africa have prioritised the goal of equity in education, understood as increased access to programmes, more equitable staff and student profiles, and curricula that are more responsive to the needs of all students. The challenge of effecting the goal of equity at levels of teaching and learning in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Profiles, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Gouws, A. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
In this article I draw on the Sarte's notion of "seriality" as theorized in his book "Dialectic of Reason" and as interpreted by Iris Marion Young. I argue that seriality can be used to escape the false essentialism and identity politics of race as a category for admissions to universities. A series is a social collective whose members are unified…
Descriptors: College Students, Race, Racial Identification, College Admission
Waghid, Y. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
The compelling essays in this issue of the journal take on the often contentious and complex issue of racial affirmative action. I do not wish to repeat the arguments authors offer either in defence or against student admissions to a university on the grounds of race, (dis)advantage, class, gender, and so on. Rather, I wish to respond to a…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Student Diversity