Success at a price : women of color students at a white university / Lisa C. Huebner, Samantha Jeune, and Odette Kolenky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huebner, Lisa C., Author.

Jeune, Samantha, author.

Kolenky, Odette, author.

Series:

Sociology of race and ethnicity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minority women in higher education--Social conditions.

Minority women in higher education.

Women, Black--Education (Higher).

Women, Black.

Academic achievement.

Racism in higher education.

Educational equalization.

Universities and colleges--Social aspects.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2025]

Summary:

"What invisible barriers do Black and other self-identifying women of color students face while thriving on a college campus that excludes them? How do these experiences challenge and transform meanings of diversity, equity, and inclusion, especially as they relate to student success? In this three-year ethnographic study of women of color undergraduate students, Lisa C. Huebner, Samantha Jeune, and Odette Kolenky found that while thriving, women of color students suffered what they describe as "a daily normal" of harassment and erasure. At the same time, however, they excelled, often graduating with many academic and cocurricular achievements. Celebrated by the university as successful students but also ignored by it, they felt alone, deceived, and exploited by the very university system that was dedicated to helping them. This book offers a rare glimpse into the successes we take for granted. Centering the voices of women of color students, this book offers a new story of how successful women of color overcome barriers no one else seems to see and, through their experiences and insights, offers recommendations to all of us who care about diversity, equity, and inclusion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Diversity dilemmas: whose success and at what cost?

"You are welcome here": failed promises

"I want to say something": the price of bridging labor

"What are you?": the daily normal

"Assume whatever you want about me, but let me blow your mind": successes and strategies

Diversity solutions: redefining student success.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed May 4, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Huebner, Lisa C. Success at a price.

ISBN:

9780820373638

082037363X

9780820373621

0820373621

9780820377452

0820377457

OCLC:

1502070304