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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153187703321

Autore

Chambers Crystal Renee

Titolo

Law and social justice in higher education / / Crystal Renee Chambers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-77793-2

1-317-69496-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Core Concepts in Higher Education

Disciplina

344.73/0798

Soggetti

Educational equalization - Law and legislation - United States

Discrimination in higher education - Law and legislation

Affirmative action programs in education - Law and legislation - United States

Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Justice, social justice, and higher education -- ch. 2. Citizenship and racial fragmentation : college access from the colonial era to the antebellum period -- ch. 3. Breaking barriers : from emancipation to desegregation -- ch. 4. Desegregating historically white colleges and universities (HWCUs) -- ch. 5. Student activism and institutional transformation -- ch. 6. Affirmative action, the desegregation of higher education systems, and the proliferation of minority serving institutions -- ch. 7. Women's subjugation and higher education from the colonial era to the mid-1960s -- ch. 8. The sex revolution and reminiscences -- ch. 9. Law and the advancement of social justice in higher education : considering social class, sexual orientation, gender identity, and dis/ability.