University Television Ads Depict White Dominance, Study Finds

by E Wayne Ross on March 24, 2008

The Chronicle: University Television Ads Depict White Dominance, Study Finds

New York — The television advertisements produced by most major universities depict their campuses as overwhelmingly white, privileged environments, likely deterring many minority students from applying, according to a paper being presented here this week as part of the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association.