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Direct linkTia Brown McNair, Editor – American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2024
This edited volume serves as a guide for creating a more equitable future for our communities through the collaborative efforts of higher education institutions and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's national Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation™ (TRHT) efforts. It highlights the work of the American Association of Colleges and Universities…
Descriptors: Racial Relations, Racial Integration, Racial Attitudes, Social Justice
Conchas, Gilberto Q., Ed.; Hinga, Briana M., Ed.; Abad, Miguel N., Ed.; Gutierrez, Kris D., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
"The Complex Web of Inequality in North American Schools" analyzes and challenges the critical gaps and inequalities that persist in the American school system. Showing how historical biases have been inherited in current polices relating to non-dominant youth, the text calls for educational reforms that perform in the name of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Change, Social Justice
Smrekar, Claire E., Ed.; Goldring, Ellen B., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
"From the Courtroom to the Classroom" examines recent developments pertaining to school desegregation in the United States. As the editors note, it comes at a time marked by a "general downplaying of race and ethnicity as criteria for the allocation of public resources, as well as a weakening of the political forces that support…
Descriptors: Busing, Race, Public Schools, Neighborhood Schools
Sill, Geoffrey M., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book presents a collection of essays addressing the theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary problems created by the diversification of American culture. The 13 essays have the following titles and authors: (1) "The De-Europeanization of American Culture" (Leon Botstein); (2) "Cult-Lit: Hirsch, Literacy, and 'The National Culture'"…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Shujaa, Mwalimu J., Ed. – 1996
School desegregation strategies are examined in political contexts to focus on the politics of quality schooling for African Americans. Through this approach, racialized uses of power in white self-interest are shown to influence policy making and policy implementation related to education. Essays include: (1) "Reclaiming Historical Visions…
Descriptors: Black History, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Desegregation Effects
da Silva, Carol DeShano, Ed.; Huguley, James Philip, Ed.; Kakli, Zenub, Ed.; Rao, Radhika, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"The Opportunity Gap" aims to shift attention from the current overwhelming emphasis on schools in discussions of the achievement gap to more fundamental questions about social and educational opportunity. The achievement gap looms large in the current era of high-stakes testing and accountability. Yet questions persist: Has the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Opportunities, High Stakes Tests, Accountability
Lang, Marvel, Ed.; Ford, Clinita A., Ed. – 1992
This volume contains selected papers presented at National Black Student Retention Conferences between 1988 and 1991, that examine ideas concerning educational access and retention. The volume and papers are divided into three groupings which address: (1) The Psycho-Social Implications; (2) Model Strategies and Programs; and (3) Impacts of Faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Black Students
Orfield, Gary, Ed.; Marin, Patricia, Ed.; Horn, Catherine L., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
"Higher Education and the Color Line" examines the role of higher education in opening up equal opportunity for mobility in American society--or in reinforcing the segregation between white and nonwhite America. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision upholding affirmative action, this comprehensive and timely book…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Role, Equal Education, Social Change
