Retaining African Americans in Higher Education Challenging Paradigms for Retaining Students, Faculty and Administrators

Name: Retaining African Americans in Higher Education Challenging Paradigms for Retaining Students, Faculty and Administrators
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ISBN: 9781579220426

ISBN-10: 1579220428

ISBN-13: 9781579220426

Edition: 2001

Authors: Lee Jones

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Retention of African Americans on campus is a burning issue for the black community, and a moral and financial one for predominantly white institutions of higher education. This book offers fresh insights and new strategies developed by fifteen scholars concerned by the new climate in which affirmative action is being challenged and eliminated. This is the first book devoted specifically to retention of African Americans in higher education, and is unique in addressing the distinct but inter-related concerns of all three affected constituencies: students, faculty and administrators. Each is considered in a separate section. The student section shifts attention from, to paraphrase McNairy,…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Lee Jones is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Instruction and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the College of Education, The Florida State University.



Preface



Retaining African-American Students



Creating an Affirming Culture to Retain African-American Students During the Postaffirmative Action Era in Higher Education




Reexamining the Educational Pipeline for African-American Students




The Policies and Politics of Retention and Access of African-American Students in Public white Institutions




Alternatives to Race-Based Admissions in Higher Education: Examining X-Percent Plans in California, Texas, and Florida




Developing Academic Warriors: Things That Parents, Administrators, and Faculty Should Know




Retaining African-American Administrators



A New Test for Diversity: Retaining African-American Administators at Predominantly White Institutions




Strategies for Overcoming the Barriers of Being an African-American Administrator on a Predominantly white University Campus




Retaining African-American Administrators: a Subconscious Deluge of Neglect or a Conscious Subterfuge to Reject?



Reflections


Developing an African Center in the Academy



When Services are Needed but not Respected




Retaining African-American Faculty



How to Retain African-American Faculty During Times of Challenge for Higher Education




Redefining and Refining Scholarship for the Academy: Standing on the Shoulders of our Elders and Giving Credence to African-American Voice and Agency




Identity, Purpose, and Impact: Bebop Innovators as Intellectuals and Models for African-American Academic Success




Rethinking W. E. B. Dubois' "Double Consciousness": Implications for Retention and Self-Preservation in the Academy




The Politics of Tenure and Promotion of African-American Faculty



Conclusion



Organizing the Structure of the University to Achieve Success in Recruiting and Retaining African Americans in Higher Education



Index


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