| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / Gloria Ladson-Billings -- Preface: A call to action: historical and contemporary reflections on the relevance of campus culture centers in higher education / Lori D. Patton -- Part one: Racial/ethnic group -- specific culture -- Latina/o culture centers: providing a sense of belonging and promoting student success / Adele Lozano -- Asian American student involvement in Asian American cultural centers / William Ming Liu, Michael J. Cuyjet, and Sunny Lee -- Island of sanctuary: the role of the American Indian culture center / Heather J. Shotton, Star Yellowfish, and Rosa Cintrón -- On solid ground: an examination of the successful strategies and positive student outcomes of two black cultural centers / Lori D. Patton -- Part two: Theoretical perspectives and culture centers -- Counterspaces in a hostile place: a critical race theory analysis of campus culture centers / Tara J. Yosso and Corina Benavides Lopez -- Critical borders: student development theoretical perspectives applied to culture centers / Mary F. Howard-Hamilton, Kandace G. Hinton, and Robin L. Hughes -- Resituating culture centers within a social justice framework: is there room for examining whiteness? / Michael Benitez Jr. -- Part three: administrative and practice-oriented issues for culture centers -- Viewing cultural practice through a lens of innovation and intentionality: strategies for student peresonnel administrators in culture centers / Toby S. Jenkins -- Campus culture center directors' perspectives on advancement, current issues, and future directions / E. Michael Sutton and Phyllis McCluskey-Titus -- Promoting student engagement: administrative considerations for current and future planning of culture center programming and outreach / Salvador B. Mena -- Appendix A: Transforming for the 21st century: best practices for examining and evaluating campus culture centers an multicultural affairs offices / Lori D. Patton |
| Summary |
"This book fills a significant void in the research on ethnic minority cultural centers, offers the historic background to their establishment and development, considers the circumstances that led to their creation, examines the roles they play on campus, explores their impact on retention and campus climate, and provides guidelines for their management in the light of current issues and future directions"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Minority college students -- United States -- Social conditions
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States
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Multiculturalism -- United States
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Group identity -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Ethnic relations
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Group identity
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Minority college students -- Social conditions
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Multiculturalism
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Race relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Patton, Lori D., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781579225117 |
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157922511X |
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