ERIC Number: EJ1213390
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 24
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Faculty Learning at Boundaries to Broker Racial Equity
Liera, Román; Dowd, Alicia C.
Journal of Higher Education, v90 n3 p462-485 2019
On many college campuses, faculty are being called on to act as change agents for racial equity. Through narrative inquiry analysis using the theoretical constructs of boundary crossing and boundary objects, this case study examined learning among faculty (n = 12) who attempted to broker structural changes at their universities through participation in action research. The findings illustrate that boundary negotiation across the "silos" of academic departments and administrative offices to promote racial equity involves perspective taking (regarding current norms and discourse) and perspective making (about equity as a legitimate institutional goal). These findings contribute to the literature on faculty agency and organizational learning for racial equity in higher education by identifying boundary objects as cultural tools that facilitate faculty learning and agency.
Descriptors: Equal Education, College Faculty, Action Research, Race, Case Studies, Educational Change, Departments, Perspective Taking, Organizational Objectives, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Reflection, Intervention, Accountability, State Universities, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Racial Differences, Educational Experience, Hispanic Americans, Researchers, Whites, Institutional Characteristics, Racial Bias, Teamwork, Sociocultural Patterns, African Americans, Minority Group Teachers, Faculty Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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