Making a Difference: University Students of Color Speak Out

Lesage, Julia; Ferber, Abby L.

ISBN 10: 0742500802 / ISBN 13: 9780742500808

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0742500802I4N00

Synopsis:

Students of color relate their first-hand experiences with educational systems and campus living conditions. Their narratives provide an insider perspective useful to anyone working on diversity issues who is trying to improve institutional culture and policy. The book is a user-friendly guide. The first section focuses on the voices of students of color and draws on the power of personal narratives to reveal alternate perspectives that illuminate and contest the dominant cultures often hidden beliefs about race, culture, institutional goals and power. Following the narratives, contextualizing essays and a lengthy appendix provide further valuable resources and concrete tools, such as websites, lists of associations, a bibliography, and videography of autobiographical videos by people of color. This book should be read by faculty members and students (both white and non-white), parents of college students, college administrators, and executives and administrators of other institutions and businesses. The contextualizing essays following the student narratives are written by academics and student affairs professionals who draw links between issues of institutional access, recruitment and retention of students and faculty of color, curriculum changes, teaching strategies--especially for teaching whiteness and racial identity formation, campus climate, and the relation between an individual institution's history of dealing with race to developments in public policy.

About the Author: Julia Lesage is associate professor for the English department at the University of Oregon. Abby L. Ferber is associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Debbie Storrs is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Idaho. Donna Wong is the coordinator of academic support services for the Office of Mulitcultural Programs at Emory University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Making a Difference: University Students of ...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket