Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 13, 2018 17:23:38 GMT 12
MĀORI ACADEMICS 'ISOLATED' AND LACKING IN NUMBERS
Māori academics are few and far between with the latest figures showing Māori make up less than 5 percent of all university academics in New Zealand.
The latest figures from the Ministry of Education show there were 495 Māori academics compared with more than 10,000 non-Māori last year.
Indigenous studies expert, Dr Joanna Kidman, from Victoria University, said for Māori academics, universities could be very isolating places.
"Often when academics are wanting to raise issues about Māori concerns or bringing mātauranga Māori into courses at the universities, sometimes we're kind of met with blank stares."
She said racism was a common experience too......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/366304/maori-academics-isolated-and-lacking-in-numbers
Māori academics are few and far between with the latest figures showing Māori make up less than 5 percent of all university academics in New Zealand.
The latest figures from the Ministry of Education show there were 495 Māori academics compared with more than 10,000 non-Māori last year.
Indigenous studies expert, Dr Joanna Kidman, from Victoria University, said for Māori academics, universities could be very isolating places.
"Often when academics are wanting to raise issues about Māori concerns or bringing mātauranga Māori into courses at the universities, sometimes we're kind of met with blank stares."
She said racism was a common experience too......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/366304/maori-academics-isolated-and-lacking-in-numbers