{"id":10171,"date":"2016-09-15T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T23:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=10171"},"modified":"2016-09-15T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T23:27:16","slug":"varied-inputs-yield-higher-quality-outputs-another-argument-for-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/varied-inputs-yield-higher-quality-outputs-another-argument-for-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Varied Inputs Yield Higher-Quality Outputs: Another Argument for Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Tiera S. Coston<\/p>\n

\"colorful-world-globe-human-family-300px\"<\/p>\n

\"Colorful World Globe Human Family<\/a>\" by GDJ is licensed under CC BY.<\/pre>\n
The idea of diversity has been a popular theme in every aspect of society from sports and politics to \u00a0economics and education. And, it should be. Countless studies have shown\u00a0that diverse groups make better decisions and obtain better results than uniform groups. The nature of the diversity includes everything from ethnicity, gender, and the type of work performed\u00a0to \u00a0sexual orientation, \u00a0geographic location and religion. Richard Freeman and Wei Huang specifically demonstrated this phenomenon in the area of research. Through an analysis of 2.5 million research papers, the duo revealed\u00a0that papers with a more ethnically diverse group of authors were published in higher-impact\u00a0journals and were cited more often than papers whose authors were of the same ethnicity.1<\/a>\u00a0There are many possible reasons for this effect, but some cited by Freeman and Wei include: 1) a greater variety of perspectives addressing the problem; 2) extra effort or work put in by group members to overcome possible cultural or communication barriers; 3) exposure of the group's work to diverse networks because of the makeup of the group; and 4) exposure of the group to various tools and languages to address the problem. Despite these advantages, we, as individuals in society, tend to collaborate most\u00a0with those\u00a0with whom we\u00a0have similarities on some level. Studies like the one conducted by Freeman and Huang provide us a glimpse of potential successes, breakthroughs and triumphs that are possible when we engage in problem-solving with diverse teams. We are called upon to use this information as an impetus to purposefully seek out collaborative relationships with those whose background, outlook, and professional and personal circles are different from our\u00a0own.<\/p>\n
1<\/a>. Freeman RB, Huang W. Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Co-Authorship within the U.S. Journal of Labor Economics, Special Issue on High Skill Immigration<\/em> [Internet]. 2015;33 (3):S289-S318.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Tiera S. Coston \"Colorful World Globe Human Family\" by GDJ is licensed under CC BY. The idea of diversity has been a popular theme in every aspect of society from sports and politics to \u00a0economics and education. And, it should be. Countless studies have shown\u00a0that diverse groups make better decisions and obtain better results ...continue reading \"Varied Inputs Yield Higher-Quality Outputs: Another Argument for Diversity\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[368,265],"class_list":{"0":"post-10171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stem","7":"tag-diversity","8":"tag-research","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2E3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16417,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/call-for-papers-the-crucial-conversation\/","url_meta":{"origin":10171,"position":0},"title":"Call for Papers: The Crucial Conversation","author":"Bart Everson","date":"March 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Tentative Title: The Crucial Conversation: Teaching Race and Racism in the Postsecondary ContextEditors: Drs. William T. Hoston, Laurette B. Foster, and Fred A. Bonner IIAbstract Length: 300 to 500 words.Abstract Proposal Deadline: No later than April 16, 2021. Objective: This edited volume will explore the best practices for effective teaching\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/opportunities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2669,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/advantages-of-teaching-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":10171,"position":1},"title":"Advantages of Teaching Online","author":"Karen Nichols","date":"January 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Teaching online has several positive aspects. Here are a few taken from the Teaching and Learning Online:\u00a0 Communication, Community and Assessment, a handbook for UMass faculty published by the University of Massachusetts: Teaching online courses can Offer the opportunity to think about teaching in new ways:\u00a0 Online teaching can allow\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "CAT & Mouse: E-Learning"","block_context":{"text":"CAT & Mouse: E-Learning","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/online\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20300,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/ai-for-all\/","url_meta":{"origin":10171,"position":2},"title":"AI for All: Open Education Summit","author":"Bart Everson","date":"February 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"While this is not a CAT+FD event, we believe it will be of interest to Xavier faculty.","rel":"","context":"In "Teaching & Learning Conferences"","block_context":{"text":"Teaching & Learning Conferences","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/teaching-learning-conferences\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AI-for-All-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AI-for-All-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AI-for-All-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AI-for-All-3.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9496,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/adventures-in-the-library-part-2-primary-sources\/","url_meta":{"origin":10171,"position":3},"title":"Adventures in the Library Part 2-primary sources","author":"Stassi DiMaggio","date":"March 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you require your students to write a research paper for your course? How do they do? Are they full of Wikipedia references or do your students have a good handle on primary sources? For years I have struggled with that issues in my senior level Drug Design and Synthesis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pedagogical Tidbits"","block_context":{"text":"Pedagogical Tidbits","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/teaching\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10350,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/conversation-51\/","url_meta":{"origin":10171,"position":4},"title":"Conversation #51: Maureen Powers on Student Life","author":"Bart Everson","date":"November 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Download Conversation #51 A conversation with Dr. Maureen Powers on student life. Dr. Maureen H. Powers is a respected international speaker on risk reduction\/management, diversity and inclusion, student issues, retention, safety, and legal and international issues in higher education. She has delivered influential presentations on student safety, FERPA, diversity and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Old Podcast Archive (\u22642018)"","block_context":{"text":"Old Podcast Archive (\u22642018)","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/podcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/background-313415.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/background-313415.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/background-313415.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/background-313415.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/background-313415.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16615,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/icymi-dr-tiera-coston-has-a-new-position\/","url_meta":{"origin":10171,"position":5},"title":"ICYMI: Dr. Tiera Coston Has a New Position","author":"Elizabeth Yost Hammer","date":"March 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"It is with great CAT+FD pride and almost as much heartache that we lend our support to Dr. Tiera Coston as she joins the A&S Dean's office as the new Assistant Dean for Engagement and Outreach. In this position, she will provide oversight for our new Quality Enhancement Plan, \u2018CARE.\u2019\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Housekeeping"","block_context":{"text":"General Housekeeping","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/housekeeping\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"headshot of Tiera Coston","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tiera.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10171"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10187,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions\/10187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}