Faculty of Education’s diversity policy garners local media attention
The Faculty of Education’s newly approved Diversity Admissions Policy, which would allow for 45 per cent of applicants to the B.Ed. program to be from self-identified diversity categories, has sparked numerous media reports.
The goal of the policy, which has been in development since 2012, is to ensure that graduates of the U of M education program help to create a more diverse teaching force in the province, representing the “cultural, ethnic, regional and social diversity of Manitoba.”
Here are some of the media reports:
From CBC:
University of Manitoba creates ‘diversity categories’ for education students
Remaining 55% of positions in the program will be allocated to the general category
From Global News
U of M education program dedicating 45 per cent of spots to ‘diverse’ students
From The Winnipeg Free Press
U of M opens diversity spaces
Education faculty to allot up to 45 per cent of slots to minorities
From The Winnipeg Sun:
U of M sets up diversity quota for would-be teaching students