Social Justice Issues and Racism in the College Classroom: Perspectives from Different Voices (International Perspectives on Higher Education Research)
Even with colleges and universities in the United States becoming more racially and ethnically diverse than ever before, argue editors Boyer (U. of Missouri) and Davis (Middle Tennessee State U.), institutional racism is alive and well on our higher learning campuses, and one significant avenue for addressing the problem, open discussion in the college classroom, is for various reasons largely neglected and/or discouraged, while perceptions of racism in the classroom are leading to negative educational outcomes among students of color. Their collection presents 14 chapters in which faculty and students of various racial and ethnic backgrounds (including international scholars) discuss the challenges surrounding race that they encounter in the college classrooms of the US. The papers particularly focus on how faculty members include racial and ethnic social justice issues in the curricula, how issues associated with race or ethnicity are discussed by students and faculty in the classroom, and the classroom experiences of students of color working with faculty of different races and ethnicities. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Book News Inc. Portland, OR