When Diversity Drops : Race, Religion, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education /

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In this book, the author examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at "California University," as a case study to show how reductions in racial diversity imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Park, Julie J., 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.
Race relations.
Multiculturalism.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Affirmative action programs in education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Multiculturalisme > États-Unis.
Programmes d'action positive en education > États-Unis.
Minorites > Enseignement superieur > États-Unis.
Multiculturalism > United States.
Affirmative action programs in education > United States.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The cultural and organizational contexts of race, religion, and higher education
  • Changing a culture : IVCF decides to make race matter
  • Pursuing common goals : building congruence between race and faith
  • "Man, this is hard" : the possibilities and perils of interracial friendship
  • Shifting strategies : going ethnic-specific
  • When race goes on the backburner : IVCF loses diversity
  • When a minority is the majority : Asian Americans in IVCF
  • Renewing a commitment : realigning values, structures, and practice.

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