Diversity in American higher education : toward a more comprehensive approach / edited by Lisa M. Stulberg and Sharon Lawner Weinberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stulberg, Lisa M.

Weinberg, Sharon L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.

Minorities.

Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diversity has been a focus of higher education policy, law, and scholarship for decades, continually expanding to include not only race, ethnicity and gender, but also socioeconomic status, sexual and political orientation, and more. However, existing collections still tend to focus on a narrow definition of diversity in education, or in relation to singular topics like access to higher education, financial aid, and affirmative action. By contrast, Diversity in American Higher Education captures in one volume the wide range of critical issues that comprise the current discourse on

Contents:

Front Cover; Diversity in American Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Lisa M. Stulberg and Sharon Lawner Weinberg; Section I: The K-12 Pipeline: Impacts on Educational Equity; 1. Ethnic and Social Class Disparities in Academic Skills: Their Origins and Consequences: Meredith Phillips; 2. Inside the K-12 Pipeline for Black and Latino Students: Amanda E. Lewis and Michelle J. Manno; 3. Testing, No Child Left Behind, and Educational Equity: Linda Darling-Hammond

Section II: The Diversity Imperative: Postsecondary Institutional and Legal Ramifications4. A Long View on "Diversity": A Century of American College Admissions Debates: Lisa M. Stulberg and Anthony S. Chen; 5. The Diversity Imperative in Elite Admissions: Mitchell L. Stevens and Josipa Roksa; 6. The Diversity Rationale: Its Limitations for Educational Practice: Mitchell J. Chang and María C. Ledesma; 7. The Official Organization of Diversity in American Higher Education: A Retreat from Race?: anthony lising antonio and Chris Gonzalez Clarke

Section III: Understanding Progress and Continuing Challenges in American Higher Education8. Trends in the Education of Underrepresented Racial Minority Students: Peter Teitelbaum; 9. Gender Equity in Higher Education: Claudia Buchmann and Thomas A. DiPrete; 10. LGBT Students, Faculty, and Staff: Past, Present, and Future Directions: Debbie Bazarsky and Ronni Sanlo; 11. Identifying Talent, Interrupting the Usual: Diversifying the Faculty: Daryl G. Smith; 12. Asian Americans and Diversity Talk: The Limits of the Numbers Game: Dana Takagi

13. Conservative Critics and Conservative College Students: Variations in Discourses of Exclusion: Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood14. Explaining Professors' Politics: Is It a Matter of Self-Selection?: Neil Gross and Catherine Cheng; 15. Experiences of Exclusion and Marginalization: A Study at the Individual Student Level: Bonita London, Vanessa Anderson, and Geraldine Downey; Section IV: Future Implications for Diversity: Practice, Policy, and the Law; 16. HBCUs: Continued Relevance in the New Century: Sarah Willie-LeBreton

17. The Role of Women's Colleges in the Twenty-First Century: Leslie Miller-Bernal18. The New Financial Aid Policies: Their Impact on Access and Equity for Low-Income Students: Bridget Terry Long; 19. Improving Assessments of Faculty Diversity: Sharon Lawner Weinberg; 20. New Legal Perspectives: Implications for Diversity in the Post-Grutter Era: Lia Epperson; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-86562-4

1-280-68402-X

9786613660961

1-136-86563-2

0-203-83674-X

9780203836743

OCLC:

804664025