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Confronting diversity issues on campus / Benjamin P. Bowser, Gale S. Auletta, Terry Jones.
LIBRA LC1099.3 .B69 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowser, Benjamin P.
- Series:
- Survival skills for scholars ; vol. 6.
- Survival skills for scholars ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multicultural education--United States.
- Multicultural education.
- United States.
- Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Education (Higher).
- College teachers--United States--Attitudes.
- College teachers.
- College teaching--United States.
- College teaching.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Newbury Park : Sage Publications, [1993]
- Summary:
- Controversies about affirmative action hires, admission policies, intercultural relations in the classroom, the role of ethnic studies departments, and changes in course curriculum all seem to swirl around the changing ethnic composition of the campus. How do we all get along? Tackling this question are authors Bowser, Auletta, and Jones, who suggest some practical strategies for dealing with questions of racism, diversity, and intercultural communication.
- Contents:
- 1. The Unwritten Organization 1
- The Unwritten Rules 2
- The Power of Networks 6
- People of Color as Perceived Threats 8
- What Can Be Done? 11
- Ideas for Improving Treatment of Students of Color 12
- Ideas for Improving Treatment of Faculty of Color 13
- 2. What Did You Say You Were? Am I a Racist? 16
- Racism and Self-Identity for Whites 18
- Racism and Self-Identity for People of Color 20
- The Myths and Realities of Racism 21
- What Can Be Done? 34
- 3. Communication, Communication, Communication! 37
- Communication: Racial Dividers and Connectors 37
- Why Race and Power Matter 40
- 4. Dealing With Conflict and Diversity in the Academic Community 59
- The Purpose of Education 60
- Issues of Access and Affirmative Action 65
- Freedom of Speech: Fighting Words 69
- Ethnic Studies and Multicultural Education 74
- 5. Toward New Racial and Cultural Boundaries in the Academy 79
- Communities of Interest Defined 79
- Redefining Communities of Interests 81
- Models of Success 90.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100).
- ISBN:
- 0803952155
- 0803952163
- OCLC:
- 28294062
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