Amsterdam Conference On Diversity - Chris Brink

Quality and Equality in Higher Education Keynote Address “ Diversity 2010: Making a Difference” Amsterdam, 23 March 2010 Chris Brink

What I want to say: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is the equality agenda, and what has it got to do with diversity? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ The equality agenda is to decouple origins from destiny.”

Why would (or should) a university take up the agenda of diversity and equality ? (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why would (or should) a university take up the agenda of diversity and equality ? (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why would (or should) a university take up the agenda of diversity and equality ? (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Main Case Study: Stellenbosch 2002-2007 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The pragmatic argument at Stellenbosch ,[object Object],[object Object],“ True diversity, in the educational sphere, is not the diversity of people, but the diversity of ideas.”

Diversiteit: Studente 2001-2006

Overview of transformation at Stellenbosch

The most common reaction / fear / accusation: ,[object Object]

And I have found this elsewhere as well … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Let us consider the notion of Quality … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

… and Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The notion of quality as excellence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ We have an unfortunate talent for turning diversity into hierarchy.”

The influence of League Tables ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How “quality as ranking” affects the agenda of diversity and equality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A first response to the charge that “Standards will drop” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Flexible on access, firm on success.”

A broader point ,[object Object],[object Object],“ Performance is relative to context.”

Which brings us to reconsider the notion of quality ,[object Object],[object Object],“ Quality needs diversity.”

What the diversity agenda needs to do: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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