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Ethnic studies and multiculturalism /
La Belle and Ward address a major question confronting American higher education - How do colleges and universities best prepare students for common citizenship in a diverse, democratic state while also nurturing their groups' cultures, values, and institutional participation? The authors clari...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
©1996.
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| Series: | SUNY series, frontiers in education.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | La Belle and Ward address a major question confronting American higher education - How do colleges and universities best prepare students for common citizenship in a diverse, democratic state while also nurturing their groups' cultures, values, and institutional participation? The authors clarify current debates about diversity and the content of curriculum, what one commentator calls the "culture wars." The book includes an overview of ethnicity, intergroup relations, And related concepts; the history and development of multiculturalism and ethnic studies in higher education in the United States; and an analysis of the issues related to diversity in higher education, particularly as they relate to tensions between ethnic studies and multicultural efforts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 155 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585043124 9780585043128 1438409834 9781438409832 |