04626nam 2200673 a 450 991045282430332120200520144314.01-282-13395-097866138065361-4422-1274-8(CKB)2550000000108255(EBL)977241(SSID)ssj0000738592(PQKBManifestationID)12304527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738592(PQKBWorkID)10792629(PQKB)11627245(MiAaPQ)EBC977241(Au-PeEL)EBL977241(CaPaEBR)ebr10582755(CaONFJC)MIL380653(OCoLC)806039165(EXLCZ)99255000000010825520120402d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOccupying the academy[electronic resource] just how important is diversity work in higher education? /edited by Christine Clark, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, and Mark Brimhall-VargasLanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.20121 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-9537-4 1-4422-1272-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; The Permanence of Diversity; La Permanencia de la Diversidad; Occupying Academia, Reaffirming Diversity; Stories from the Chief Diversity Officer Frontlines; Chapter 1. Extra, Extra, Read All About It!: Diversity Soul-ed Out (and Sold/Out) Here; Chapter 2. Balancing Act: A Contextual Case Analysis on Recentering Diversity in the Midst of Social and Economic Fluctuations; Chapter 3. Deconstructing Hope: A Chief Diversity Officer's Dilemma in the Obama EraChapter 4. Transforming Lives and Communities: Case Study of a Diversity and Community Engagement Portfolio at a Flagship InstitutionChapter 5. Southern Predominantly White Institutions, Targeted Students, and the Intersectionality of Identity: Two Case Studies; Stories from the Mid-Level Administrator Frontlines; Chapter 6. The Myth of Institutionalizing Diversity: Structures and the Covert Decisions They Make; Chapter 7. Swimming up Mainstream: Facing the Challenges to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion on a University of ACME, Regional Campus in Obama's EraChapter 8. The Search for Questions and Tellings of Silenced StudentsChapter 9. The Evolution of a Campus: From the Seat of the Civil War to a Seat on the Freedom Rides; Chapter 10. The Unmet Promise: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of the Rise of an African American Studies Program; Stories from the Faculty Frontlines; Chapter 11. "Just (Don't) Do It!": Tensions between Articulated Commitments and Action at The ACME State University; Chapter 12. Déjà Vu: Dynamism of Racism in Policies and Practices Aimed at Alleviating Discrimination; Chapter 13. "Isn't Affirmative Action Illegal?"Chapter 14. Equity at the Fringes: The Continuing Peripheral Enactment of Equity and Diversity in the Preparation of PK-12 TeachersChapter 15. On the Battlefield for Social Justice in the Education of Teachers: The Dangers and Dangerousness of Challenging Whiteness in Predominantly White Institutions and Teacher-Preparation Programs; So What? Who Cares? And What's Our Point about Diversity?; Carta al lector: Una Llamada para Ocupar; An Open Letter: A Call to Occupy; Afterword; References; Index; About the Editors and ContributorsThis volume uses a critical theory framework to document, as institutional case studies, the experiences of equity/diversity scholar-practitioners in higher education across the United States in their efforts to negotiate, survive, and thrive in their roles and related work.MinoritiesEducation (Higher)United StatesCase studiesEducational equalizationUnited StatesCase studiesUniversities and collegesUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic books.MinoritiesEducation (Higher)Educational equalizationUniversities and colleges378.1/982Clark Christine1962-973196Fasching-Varner Kenneth J.1979-854529Brimhall-Vargas Mark973197MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452824303321Occupying the academy2214155UNINA