A University Serving the Oppressed: The Opportunity Afforded by Demographic Changes in Higher Education

Abstract

The demographic makeup of the students who will be attending college in the future is undergoing significant changes, as more students of color and students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds seek higher education. These changes present the need and opportunity for higher education faculty and administrators to rethink assumptions about the culture of higher education and to develop pedagogical practices best suited to serve students of the future. Following the insights of Paulo Freire, this pedagogy must be responsive to the distinct cultural needs and perspectives of these students. The author posits six dimensions of this new liberatory teaching paradigm.

Vicarious Education, Dialogue Education and Self-Efficacy among Indian Female Students in a Diversity Management Course

“…Scholars have increasingly called on students to become more active participants in the learning process (Boyd 2008;Cook-Sather 2002;Gunnlaugson and Moore 2009;Murray-Johnson 2013). Students should be engaged in authentic, transformative dialogue and actions, and this could be achieved by the education method followed, for instance the method referred to as dialogue education.…”