Exploring Campus Diversity

Sherwood Thompson; Pam Parry

doi:10.5771/9781475835045

Summary

Exploring Campus Diversity:Case Studies and Exercises explores the realistic chain of events that happens on college and university campuses across the United States that involve issues of diversity and campus climate. Many of the real-life scenarios presented in the book are taken from actual events on university and college campuses. A full array of learning exercises is associated with each of the case studies, and problem-solving questions are presented to stimulate understanding of the situations and how they relate using thoughtful, critical, and reflective reasoning.

Specifically, Exploring Campus Diversity examines diversity dilemmas pertaining to the challenges of expanding diversity and equity on American campuses. Experts from across the nation proffer problem-solving questions that are included at the end of each case study to guide the reader in ways of thinking about the diversity scenarios and deciding on appropriate ways to understand and recommend action to take in addressing the potential problem. Each case study offers examples of a possible challenge that a college or university might encounter in trying to deal with diversity, campus climate issues, or problematic policies. This book pushes the reader beyond the theoretical to the practical application of diversity principles in their everyday lives.

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Copyright year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-3502-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-3504-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 190
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. ONE. Questioning the Right to Protest: Taking a Knee at the Homecoming Football Game No access
2. TWO. Did Stereotyping Cause a Terrible Case of Mistaken Identity? No access
3. THREE. A Case Study in “Belonging”: How First-Generation College Students Contribute to Campus Diversity No access
4. FOUR. Islam under the Microscope: A Story of an International Student No access
5. FIVE. Failure to Thrive: Can Multiple Identities Cause Conflict? No access
6. SIX. “Where Do I Fit?” International and Indigenous Students in Institutional Diversity Discourses No access
7. SEVEN. Is Academic Advising Really Multicultural? No access
8. EIGHT. Nontraditional Students: Why Am I Here? Starting College at 25 No access
9. NINE. Empowering Women in Higher Education and Beyond No access
10. TEN. Thinking Differently Builds Passion on Campus No access
11. ELEVEN. Redefining Mentorships: Strategies for First-Generation College Students’ Success No access
1. TWELVE. Diversity and Classroom Instruction: Managing Difficult Discussions No access
2. THIRTEEN. Can Online Teaching Be Inclusive? No access
3. FOURTEEN. What Happens When No One Sees You for Who You Are? No access
4. FIFTEEN. Being an Ally: Learning to Listen before Trying to Advocate No access
5. SIXTEEN. Code Switching: Double Consciousness in the Classroom No access
6. SEVENTEEN. A Faculty Member Protecting the Marginalized No access
7. EIGHTEEN. LGBTQ+ Populations: Exploring Gender and Sexual Identities No access
8. NINETEEN. I’m NOT Chinese; I’m Japanese! A Case Study of Stereotypes No access
9. TWENTY. Did Implicit Bias Further Disenfranchise an Underrepresented Student? No access
10. TWENTY-ONE. First-Generation Students Need Professors to Understand Them Better No access
11. TWENTY-TWO. White Privilege: The Equity of Not Using the N-Word No access
12. TWENTY-THREE. Diversity Issues for Faculty: “What Do You Think?” Inclusion/Exclusion Dynamics in Group Work No access
1. TWENTY-FOUR. Students Are Anxious, Divided over Bathroom Policies No access
2. TWENTY-FIVE. Selective Flying: Is a Flag Truly Removed When It Still Shows Up on Game Day? No access
3. TWENTY-SIX. Recognizing Institutional Betrayal on College Campuses No access
4. TWENTY-SEVEN. Retention of Underrepresented Students: When Does Perseverance Hinder One’s Ability to Compete? No access
5. TWENTY-EIGHT. Building Walls or Bridges: How to Make Mutually Beneficial Policy Decisions No access
6. TWENTY-NINE. Why and How Should We Talk about Affirmative Action? No access
7. THIRTY. Nurturing the Lost Attitudes of Empathy and Compassion in Test-centric Education No access
8. THIRTY-ONE. Utilizing Intellectual Diversity to Cultivate Innovation No access
9. THIRTY-TWO. OutnumberedIs Conservatism Truly under Attack on College Campuses? No access
10. THIRTY-THREE. Affirmative Action: Where Are My Brothers and Sisters? No access
11. THIRTY-FOUR. Welcome, Not Celebrated: Are Christian Campuses Truly Inclusive for Sexually Diverse Students? No access
1. THIRTY-FIVE. First-Generation College Students: Our Group Is the Best! No access
2. THIRTY-SIX. Antigay Slurs: One Student’s Struggle No access
3. THIRTY-SEVEN. Diversity and Student Media: Does the Faculty Advisor Have a Racist Agenda? No access
4. THIRTY-EIGHT. Diversity and Student Media: When Protectionism Interferes with News Gathering No access
About the Editors No access Pages 181 - 182
About the Contributors No access Pages 183 - 190