How Minority Students Experience College: Implications for Planning and Policy

✍ Scribed by Lemuel Watson, Melvin Cleveland Terrell, Doris J. Wright, Fred A. Bonner II, Michael J. Cuyjet, James Gold, Donna Rudy, Dawn R. Person

• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"I feel like they act like they're so diverse and multicultural.This is not a representation of how it is for people who go here.""I know of several occasions, if it weren't for several faculty of color, I don't know how I would have made it from one day to the next." -- from student interviewsHave three decades of integration and multicultural initiatives in higher education delivered a better education to all students? Are majority and minority students reaping similar benefits, specifically in predominantly white colleges? Do we know what a multicultural campus should look like, and how to design one that is welcoming to all students and promotes a learning environment?Through a unique qualitative study involving seven colleges and universities considered national models of commitment to diversity, this book presents the views and voices of minority students on what has been achieved and what remains to be done. The direct quotations that form the core of this book give voice to Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American and bi-racial students. They offer in their own words their perceptions of their campus cultures and practices, the tensions they encounter and what works for them.Rather than elaborating or recommending specific models or solutions, this book aims to provide insights that will enable the reader better to understand and articulate the issues that need to be addressed to achieve a well-adapted multicultural campus.Presidents, academic affairs professionals, student affairs personnel and faculty concerned with equity and diversity will find this book helpful and enlightening.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
......Page 8
Preface
......Page 10
About the Authors
......Page 18
Introduction
......Page 26
1. Defining Multiculturalism
......Page 32
2. Institutional Characteristics and Profiles
......Page 38
3. Research Methods and Procedures for Inquiry
......Page 50
Introduction to Chapters 4 Through 6
......Page 68
4. Reality of Campus Culture
......Page 78
5. The Lack of Multiculturalism and How it Affects Students
......Page 92
6. Coping: Involvement, Identity, and Educational Outcomes
......Page 106
7. Discussions, Conclusions, and Suggestions
......Page 126
Appendix A
......Page 141
Appendix B
......Page 142
Appendix C
......Page 143
Appendix D
......Page 144
Appendix E
......Page 145
Appendix F
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References
......Page 148
Index
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