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Occupying the academy : just how important is diversity work in higher education? /

This volume uses a critical theory framework to document, as institutional case studies, the experiences of equity/diversity scholar-practitioners in higher education across the United States in their efforts to negotiate, survive, and thrive in their roles and related work.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clark, Christine, 1962-, Fasching-Varner, Kenneth J., 1979-, Brimhall-Vargas, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, [2012]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • The Permanence of Diversity
  • La Permanencia de la Diversidad
  • Occupying Academia, Reaffirming Diversity
  • Stories from the Chief Diversity Officer Frontlines
  • Case 1: Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
  • Case 2: Balancing Act
  • Case 3: Deconstructing Hope
  • Case 4: Transforming Lives and Communities
  • Case 5: Southern Predominantly White Institutions, Targeted Students, and the Intersectionality of Identity
  • Stories from the Mid-Level Administrator Frontlines
  • Case 6: The Myth of Institutionalizing Diversity
  • Case 7: Swimming up Mainstream
  • Case 8: The Search for Questions and Tellings of Silenced Students
  • Case 9: The Evolution of a Campus
  • Case 10: The Unmet Promise
  • Stories from the Faculty Frontlines
  • Case 11: "Just (Don't) Do It!"
  • Case 12: Déjà Vu
  • Case 13: "Isn't Affirmative Action Illegal?"
  • Case 14: Equity at the Fringes
  • Case 15: On the Battlefield for Social Justice in the Education of Teachers
  • So What? Who Cares? And What's Our Point about Diversity?
  • Carta al lector
  • An Open Letter
  • Afterword
  • References
  • About the Editors and Contributors.