| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series, frontiers in education |
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SUNY series, frontiers in education.
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| Contents |
The racial dilemma in American higher education / Philip G. Altbach -- The changing demographics : problems and opportunities / Lewis C. Solmon and Tamara L. Wingard -- Racism and the model minority : Asian-Americans in higher education / Sucheng Chan and Ling-chi Wang -- Race relations on campus : an administrative perspective / Alan Colón -- The undergraduate curriculum and the issue of race : opportunities and obligations / Leon Botstein -- Student affirmative action in higher education : addressing underrepresentation / William T. Trent -- Black faculty in academia / Kenneth W. Jackson -- Making the short list : Black candidates and the faculty recruitment process / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Melvin L. Oliver |
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Practices of the academy : barriers to access for Chicano academics / María de la Luz Reyes and John J. Halcón -- White faculty struggling with the effects of racism / Joseph Katz -- Columbia University : individual and institutional racism / Eric L. Hirsch -- Beyond recruitment and retention : the Stanford experience / Sally Cole -- Race relations and attitudes at Arizona State University / Leonard Gordon -- Cornell twenty years later / William D. Gurowitz |
| Summary |
Annotation The focus here is both on current research and on the flashpoints of controversy: affirmative action; admissions policies; difficulties of recrruitment, retention and campus life for minority faculty. Studies of some campuses which have recently experienced a heightening of racial tension are provided. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States
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College integration -- United States
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Case studies
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College integration
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Minorities -- Education (Higher)
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Race relations
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Universities and colleges
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- Case studies
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Altbach, Philip G
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Lomotey, Kofi
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| LC no. |
90033700 |
| ISBN |
0585056714 |
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9780585056715 |
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