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Title Stories from the front of the room : how higher education faculty of color overcome challenges and thrive in the academy / edited by Michelle Harris, Sherrill L. Sellers, Orly Clerge and Frederick W. Gooding Jr
Published Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2017

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Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Colleagues; 1 Highlights of Research Literature on Colleagues and Faculty of Color; 2 Letters; 3 Mentor Essay; II: Students; 4 Research Exploring Bias in Student Ratings of Teachers; 5 Letters; 6 Mentor Essay; III: Tenure; 7 Literature on Teaching, Research, and Service; 8 Letters; 9 Mentor Essay; IV: Administration; 10 Literature on Administrative Contexts with Focus on Recruitment and Retention; 11 Letters; 12 Mentor Essay; V: Climate; 13 Major Themes in the Research on Faculty of Color and Campus Climate; 14 Letters; 15 Mentor Essay; Afterword
IndexAbout the Editors; About the Contributors
Summary This book focuses on the boundaries which faculty of color encounter in everyday experiences on campus and presents a more complete picture of life in the academy - one that documents how faculty of color are tested, but also how they can not only overcome, but thrive in their respective educational institutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Minority college teachers -- United States -- Attitudes
African American college teachers -- Attitudes
Minorities in higher education -- United States
Faculty integration -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Faculty
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Faculty integration
Minorities in higher education
Minority college teachers -- Attitudes
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Harris, Michelle, 1963- editor.
LC no. 2017010587
ISBN 9781475825183
1475825188