Rethinking diversity frameworks in higher education / Edna B. Chun and Joe R. Feagin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chun, Edna Breinig, author.

Feagin, Joe R., author.

Series:

New critical viewpoints on society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in higher education.

Educational equalization.

Educational leadership.

Inclusive education.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

xiii, 233 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"The book offers concrete approaches, concepts, and tools that will enable higher education leaders to identify, address, and counteract persistent structural and behavioral barriers to inclusion. As such, it shares a series of practical recommendations that will assist presidents, provosts, executive officers, boards of trustees, faculty, administrators, diversity officers, human resource leaders, diversity taskforces, and researchers as they seek to implement comprehensive strategies that result in sustained diversity change" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Campus turmoil: the "new normal" of racist speech and actions

Discriminatory experiences from academic frontlines: limits of organizational and legal redress

Questioning "implicit bias" and "microaggressions": toward better terminology and concepts

Reformulating the concept of "microaggressions": everyday discrimination in academia

Imposed racial identities: another essential concept

Resisting and coping with everyday discrimination

Moving forward: issues, strategies, and recommended solutions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780367279523

0367279525

9780367279530

0367279533

OCLC:

1105738792