Diversity and discrimination at universities - an exemplary examination of practices of othering and discrimination for the design of anti-discriminatory educational and work processes at universities
Keywords:
Institutional Discrimination and Diversity at Universities, Critical Diversity approaches at Universities, Quantitative full surveyAbstract
Based on relevant findings from national and international research, the article deals with the relevance of discrimination and critical diversity strategies at universities. Relevant results from two studies are presented: a study at Kiel University of Applied Sciences from the winter semester 2020/2021, which examined discrimination and the representation of social diversity in the university context within the student body (cf. Polat/Thege 2023)[1], and a study at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (cf. Polat/Joseph-Magwood 2024) from the summer semester 2023, which also examined the representation of social diversity in the university context and students' experiences of discrimination. In addition, the results of the survey of employees at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences will be presented. The surveys were conducted as part of an anonymized quantitative online survey and supplemented with several qualitative problem-centred interviews.
Following on from the research results and the ensuing analysis, relevant action requirements for the design of anti-discriminatory educational and work processes at universities are discussed.
[1] The report is available upon request from the diversity officer (URL: https://www.haw-kiel.de/wir/organisation/verwaltung/beauftragte/diversitaet/).
