Most Diversity Training Ineffective, Study Finds
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Most diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions, according to an analysis that turns decades of conventional wisdom, government policy and court rulings on their head.
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Business and communication skills are important, but many tech pros aren't given such training by employers, according to a report.
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Almost four in 10 businesses do not employ a woman in a senior management position, a survey suggests.
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Recent experiments show how hard it can be to balance academic success and socioeconomic and racial diversity.
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A study reveals a lack of consistency in the way universities punish plagiarism.
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Ductal lavage is not an effective method for detecting breast cancer, according to a new study in the October 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Federal managers use outdated and ineffective tools to assess the talent of job applicants, giving rise to the widespread hiring of workers whose skills are poorly matched to their duties, according to a report released yesterday.
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Sex equality will take generations to achieve at the current 'painfully slow' rate of progress, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today in a final report before being wound up by the government after more than 30 years fighting gender bias across British society.
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A sizable minority of sex  education teachers does not cover all of the basics, and many  lack training to teach sex ed at all, a survey of teachers in  one state suggests.
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Television news coverage of Hispanics was more favorable in 2003 &#151; largely because of reports on the wartime service of Hispanic troops &#151; but America's largest and fastest-growing minority remains mostly ignored, according to an annual study being released Monday.
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Genetic screening, often seen as the best hope for older women undergoing IVF treatment to have a child, is ineffective and actually reduces rates of pregnancies, scientists said on Wednesday.
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School officials in Seattle, Washington, said Thursday they know they cannot use "race-specific" rules to increase diversity in their schools but believe they can accomplish similar goals with "race-conscious measures."
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Mississippi State made headlines last year in hiring the Southeastern Conference&#39;s first black football coach, but Sylvester Croom&#39;s addition didn&#39;t move the needle on the meager number of minorities coaching big-time college football.
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Tips for educators teaching racially sensitive literature:
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Comment is free: Mary Riddell: Discrimination is still horribly endemic in our society.
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The Southeast has the nation's fastest-growing Hispanic population but is perhaps the region least prepared to teach public school students who don't know English, a new study shows.
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Several government studies released Thursday find that Hispanics are in much poorer health than other racial groups, and especially whites, in the United States.