DEI
This is the intentional engagement of diversity
This term refers to the practice of admitting students to elite colleges based on family connections, often benefiting wealthy families.
What is legacy admissions?
In Learning in Public, Martin grapples with this common decision faced by parents, weighing the benefits of local public schools versus private or charter schools.
What is school choice?
In higher education, students from underrepresented backgrounds often face this challenge, which refers to a sense of not belonging or feeling out of place in predominantly white institutions.
What is imposter syndrome?
This type of classroom setting brings together students of different abilities, backgrounds, and experiences to learn in the same environment.
What is an inclusive classroom?
This is the creation of opportunities for underrepresented population of employees have equal access to professional opportunities.
What is equity?
Tough highlights this type of test, often used in college admissions, as a key factor in perpetuating inequality by favoring affluent students with access to extensive preparation.
What is the SAT or standardized testing?
In Learning in Public, Martin explores how affluent families use their privilege to secure spots in desirable schools, a phenomenon that can be described by this term.
What is opportunity hoarding?
This term refers to students who are the first in their family to attend college, often facing additional barriers in navigating higher education systems.
What are first-generation college students?
This term refers to the gap in academic performance between students from different socioeconomic, racial, or ethnic groups.
What is the achievement gap?
This is a reflection of underlying factors or assumptions that skew viewpoints.
What is unconscious bias?
According to Tough, this is one of the primary reasons many low-income students do not apply to elite colleges, despite having academic qualifications.
What is lack of information or awareness about financial aid options.
Martin explores how this type of parental advocacy, while often well-intentioned, can exacerbate inequities by prioritizing individual gains over collective progress.
What is helicopter parenting?
Colleges often provide this type of financial aid based on academic performance or talent, rather than financial need, contributing to inequality.
What are merit-based scholarships?
Many schools have adopted these practices, which focus on repairing harm and fostering understanding, rather than punishment, as a way to address student behavior.
What is restorative justice?
What is the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously, in the context of the allocation of resources or employment?
What is affirmative action?
This term refers to colleges aggressively marketing themselves to low-income students but failing to provide adequate financial aid or support, trapping students in debt.
What is predatory enrollment?
In Learning in Public, Martin discusses how families in wealthier districts often unknowingly benefit from this, which increases educational disparities across communities.
What is local property tax-based school funding?
Colleges, to include Otterbein, have been increasingly focused on this aspect of student life, which ensures that students from all backgrounds feel like they are part of the campus community.
What is a sense of belonging?
Schools in low-income areas are often underfunded and lack access to advanced programs like these, which offer college-level coursework for high school students.
What are Advanced Placement (AP) or honors programs?
What is the so-called invisible barrier that prevents women and minorities from advancing to the top jobs in organizations?
What is the glass ceiling?
Tough examines this concept, in which elite colleges justify their admissions practices by claiming they admit the "best and brightest," even though these practices disproportionately favor students from wealthy backgrounds with access to more resources
What is meritocracy?
Martin argues that addressing educational inequities requires acknowledging the role of these historical policies, which shaped current racial and economic divides in school systems.
What are redlining and segregation policies?
This term describes structural barriers that make it harder for low-income or minority students to complete their degrees, such as lack of support services or financial aid.
What are systemic barriers?
This curriculum model emphasizes the inclusion of diverse perspectives, histories, and voices in education, helping students understand a broader range of experiences.
What is multicultural education?