II. Promoting Equity in Higher Education

The older articles below (1977-1989, in reverse chronological order) discuss the importance of individuals and their one-on-one relationships for changing a culture to make it more inclusive. These ideas build on the concept of supportive individual relationships functioning within intentional institutional frameworks (for recruiting, mentoring, affinity groups, conflict management, and Board management).

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Selected Programs and Policies that Promote Sex Equity at … MIT

Rowe, Mary (Association of American Colleges, 1984)
What Actually Works? The One-to-One Approach

Rowe, Mary P. (American Council on Education/Macmillan, 1989)

This article describes five ideas that, especially when undertaken together, seem to help minorities and women thrive better in academe. The five ideas are: commitment and action by the top administration; one-to-one ...
Building 'Mentoring' Frameworks for Blacks (and Other People) as Part of an Effective Equal Opportunity Ecology

Rowe, Mary (Proceedings of the First National Conference on Issues Facing Black Administrators at Predominantly White Colleges and Universities, 1982)

Educational institutions need mentoring structures and everyone in them needs mentoring. This paper will discuss five major points in building institutional devices which help minorities find the multiple helping resources, ...