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The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education (Future of Minority Studies)
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Description for The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education (Future of Minority Studies)
Hardcover. In this volume, junior faculty of color and senior university administrators come together to present new challenges and frameworks for understanding diversity in the twenty-first century academy. Editor(s): Fryberg, Stephanie A.; Martinez, Ernesto Javier. Series: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNKH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Many universities in the twenty-first century claim "diversity" as a core value, but fall short in transforming institutional practices. The disparity between what universities claim as a value and what they accomplish in reality creates a labyrinth of barriers, challenges, and extra burdens that junior faculty of color must negotiate, often at great personal and professional risk. This volume addresses these obstacles, first by foregrounding essays written by junior faculty of color and second by pairing each essay with commentary by senior university administrators. These two university constituencies play crucial roles in diversifying the academy, but rarely have an opportunity ... Read more
Many universities in the twenty-first century claim "diversity" as a core value, but fall short in transforming institutional practices. The disparity between what universities claim as a value and what they accomplish in reality creates a labyrinth of barriers, challenges, and extra burdens that junior faculty of color must negotiate, often at great personal and professional risk. This volume addresses these obstacles, first by foregrounding essays written by junior faculty of color and second by pairing each essay with commentary by senior university administrators. These two university constituencies play crucial roles in diversifying the academy, but rarely have an opportunity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137456052
SKU
V9781137456052
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Kal Alston, Syracuse University, USA Monisha Bajaj, University of San Francisco, USA Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University, USA Mari Castañeda, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Luis Fraga, University of Washington, USA Phillip Atiba Goff, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Michael Hames-García, University of Oregon, USA James A. Larimore, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Daniel Little, University ... Read more
Reviews for The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education (Future of Minority Studies)
"The Truly Diverse Faculty will be the 'go to' book for university leaders who aspire to create, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty but who too frequently fail to grasp what that goal requires of our higher education institutions. It gives administrators and faculty personnel committees a compelling analysis of what often goes awry when faculty newcomers to the professoriate ... Read more