Higher Education Websites: The "Virtual Face" of Diversity
Higher Education Websites: The "Virtual Face" of Diversity
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高等教育网站：多样性的“虚拟面孔”
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2009
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K. Meyer
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Jeffery L. Wilson;K. Meyer
这项研究调查了15个数据和/或服务的可用性感兴趣的少数民族学生通过分析的网站40所高等教育机构; 10个博士/研究，硕士，学士学位，和社区学院来自40个不同的国家。这项描述性研究回答了3个研究问题：（a）如何提供信息或服务感兴趣的未来非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔学生在高等教育网站？(b)当信息或服务可用时，它们离主页有多远？(c)网站上介绍的少数群体情况与各机构少数群体学生的实际比例是否一致？调查结果表明，51%的信息或服务缺失，统计学上的显着差异被发现在该机构的卡内基分类缺失的信息。然而，在调查的15项服务或信息中，有11项相对容易找到。对少数民族学生在主页上旋转照片的分析显示，78%的机构使用的照片过度代表了该机构少数民族的比例。
This research investigated the availability of 15 data and/or services of interest to minority students through an analysis of the websites of 40 higher education institutions; 10 each from doctoral/research, master’s, baccalaureate, and community colleges drawn from 40 different states. This descriptive study answered 3 research questions: (a) How available is information or services of interest to prospective African American and Hispanic students on higher education websites? (b) When information or services are available, how far are they from the home page? (c) How consistent is the presentation of minorities on the website with the actual proportion of minority students at institutions? Findings indicate that 51% of the information or services were missing and statistically significant differences were found in missing information by the institution’s Carnegie classification. However, 11 of 15 services or information investigated were relatively easy to locate. An analysis of minority students in rotating photos on the home page revealed that 78% of institutions used photos that overrepresented the percentage of minorities at the institution.