New multiracial category has effects nationally, few at SmithPosted in Articles, Campus Life, New Media, United States on 2010-10-13 02:53Z by Steven |
New multiracial category has effects nationally, few at Smith
The Smith College Sophian
Northampton, Massachusetts
2010-09-30
Gina Charusombat
While Smith students speculate about the lack of diversity across disciplines of study, colleges and universities across the U.S. continue to track diversity on their campuses. On Sept. 19, the Chronicle of Higher Education revealed that the U.S. Department of Education now requires colleges to report students who check the “two or more races” category. Previously, reports listed “race unknown” for students who marked more than one category.
Students who mark several race categories in addition to “two or more races” are only counted in the multiracial category. However, there is one exception: if a student marks “two or more races” and marks Hispanic/Latino/Latina, the student is counted within that one category.
“[The multiracial category] is set against the politics of how we define or don’t define race,” said Dean of Enrollment Audrey Smith…
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