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The Evolving Significance of Race: Living, Learning, and Teaching
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Hughes, Sherick A., Ed.; Berry, Theodorea Regina, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
Individuals are living, learning, and teaching by questioning how to address race in a society that consistently prefers to see itself as colorblind, a society claiming to seek a "post-racial" existence. This edited volume offers evidence of the evolving significance of race from a diverse group of male and female contributors…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Bias, Social Bias, Critical Theory
Race in the Global Era. African Americans at the Millennium.
Lusane, Clarence – 1997
Race is only one of the prisms through which to examine the political and social life of Americans, but it is one in which there has been insufficient determination of contemporary dynamics. For this discussion, the most important issue is the debate within the black community regarding the nature and causes of the crisis facing African Americans…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education
Confronting Diversity Issues on Campus. Survival Skills for Scholars. Volume 6.
Bowser, Benjamin P.; And Others – 1993
This book addresses issues of racism, diversity, and intercultural communication in the college or university work place. Chapter 1 exposes several unwritten and informal rules that can become traps and pitfalls for the unknowing, especially people of color. It views the informal structure of the university through the eyes of minority faculty…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Cultural Differences
An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter, Hamilton Holmes, and the Integration of the University of Georgia.
Trillin, Calvin – 1991
In January 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first black students to enter the University of Georgia (Atlanta). Calvin Trillin covered the litigation that resulted in a federal court order that allowed these students to enroll, and then returned just before their graduation to interview the students, their families, friends and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Black Students, Civil Rights Legislation
Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics.
TuSmith, Bonnie, Ed.; Reddy, Maureen T., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays by college instructors who teach in the humanities, social sciences, science, and education, addresses the challenges faced by professors who believe that teaching responsibly requires an honest examination of race. Papers include "Introduction: Race in the College Classroom" (Maureen T. Reddy and Bonnie…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students
Allan Bakke versus Regents of the University of California. Volumes I-VI.
Slocum, Alfred A., Ed. – 1978
The complete record of the litigation in Alan Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California is contained in these six volumes. Included are all the pleadings, briefs, and arguments reproduced in full text except for minor editing of the oral arguments and data pertaining to the proof of service affidavits of truths. Volume One contains the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action
Stepping off the Pedestal: Academic Women in the South.
Stringer, Patricia A., Ed.; Thompson, Irene, Ed. – 1982
Views of the deep-rooted assumptions and myths surrounding the role of women in academic institutions of the South are presented in scholarly articles, experience-based essays, and poems. Among the themes that are explored are the history of women's involvement in higher education, women's studies, women's status, racial stereotypes, alienation,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Black Students, Black Teachers