Engaging the "race question" : accountability and equity in U.S. higher education / Alicia C. Dowd and Estela Mara Bensimon.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Dowd, Alicia C., author.
• Bensimon, Estela Mara, author.

Series:

• Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
• Multicultural education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Educational equalization--United States.
• Educational equalization.
• Minorities--Education (Higher).
• Discrimination in higher education.
• Racism in higher education.
• United States.
• Educational equalization--United States--Case studies.
• Racism in higher education--United States.
• Racism in higher education--United States--Case studies.
• Discrimination in higher education--United States.
• Discrimination in higher education--United States--Case studies.
• Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
• Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States--Case studies.

Genre:

• Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxix, 208 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Teachers College Press, [2015]

Summary:

This book is for anyone who is troubled by the substantial disparities in college participation, persistence, and completion among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Synthesizing equity standards based on three theories of justice - justice as fairness, justice as care, and justice as transformation-the authors provide strategies for enacting equity in practice on college campuses. Engaging the "Race Question" illustrates how practitioner inquiry can be used to address the "race question" to change the policies and practices that perpetuate institutional and structural racism-and provides a blueprint for doing so. Book jacket.

Contents:

• 1 Introduction 1
• Accountability for Racial Equity 3
• Negotiating Meanings of Justice and Equity 9
• The Equity Scorecard 18
• Theory of Change 22
• Collaborators, Partners, and Settings 26
• 2 Remediating "Race Talk" 31
• Overview of the Chapter 32
• Activity Systems Analysis 34
• Inquiry Into Equity Gaps at LFCC 35
• Contradictions of Race, Diversity, and Equity 40
• Moving from Diversity to Equity 57
• 3 Enacting Justice as Care 61
• Overview of the Chapter 63
• Remediating the Organizational Routine of a Syllabus 63
• The Activity System of the Syllabus Protocol 65
• The Emotional Geography of Authentic Care 91
• 4 Enacting Justice as Fairness 93
• Overview of the Chapter 94
• The Equity Scorecard in Wisconsin 95
• Deepening Commitments to Equity Through Inquiry 97
• From Weak to Strong Conceptions of Equity 106
• Practitioners as Change Agents 112
• 5 Enacting Justice as Transformation 116
• Overview of the Chapter 118
• The Wisconsin Transfer Equity Study 119
• The Problem of Basic Skills Education 132
• Adopting a Critical Perspective 144
• 6 Designing Equitable Institutions 145
• Overview of the Chapter 147
• Engaging Histories of Discrimination 148
• Equity-Enhancing Data Practices 157
• Leadership for Equity 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780807756096
• 0807756091
• 9780807756119
• 0807756113

OCLC:

897001560