2004-02-16
EUROS NA EDUCAÇÃO. Atendendo à moeda em causa, é de crer que o artigo "When Diversity and Dollars Collide: Challenges for Higher Education" de Mary B. Marcy, saído na Innovative Higher Education (Volume 28, Número 3, Spring 2004, pp. 205-218) não foi feito a pensar nos problemas de financiamento da universidade portuguesa ainda que possa haver semelhanças entre o que é relatado e a nossa situação. Talvez por isso deva valer a pena ler. "The challenges of meeting the needs of diverse students have long been recognized in higher education. As many institutions wrestle with austere budgets, however, diversity programs are struggling to maintain their effectiveness amidst financial rescissions. This climate of austerity coincides with demographic predictions for an increasingly diverse student body. This article outlines the challenges and offers ideas for institutions to enhance learning for contemporary students, even in the midst of fiscal challenges. These ideas go beyond the simple prioritization of diversity programs to propose ideas for institutional transformation to meet the needs of a diverse student body."
