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How Minority Students Experience College Implications for Planning and Policy

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ISBN-10: 1579220495

ISBN-13: 9781579220495

Edition: 2002

Authors: Lemuel Watson, Melvin Cleveland Terrell, Doris J. Wright, Fred A. Bonner II, Michael J. Cuyjet

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"I feel like they act like they're so diverse and multicultural.This is not a representation of how it is for people who go here." "I know of several occasions, if it weren't for several faculty of color, I don't know how I would have made it from one day to the next." -- from student interviews Have three decades of integration and multicultural initiatives in higher education delivered a better education to all students? Are majority and minority students reaping similar benefits, specifically in predominantly white colleges? Do we know what a multicultural campus should look like, and how to design one that is welcoming to all students and promotes a learning environment? Through a…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/2/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Lemuel Watson is Associate Professor of Higher Education, Clemson University.

Melvin Cleveland Terrell is Vice President Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. From 1988 to 2008, Dr. Melvin Cleveland Terrell served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois, where he remains Professor of Counselor Education.

Doris J. Wright is Associate Professor of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Kansas State University at Manhattan.

Fred A. Bonner II is Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration and Associate Dean of Faculties at Texas A&M University.

Michael J. Cuyjet is a Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville, where he has been teaching and mentoring students in the College Student Personnel program since 1993. Prior to that, he served more than 20 years as a student affairs practitioner and an affiliate/adjunct assistant professor at Northern Illinois University and at the University of Maryland - College Park. During his 17 years at UofL he has also served as Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Acting Associate Provost for Student Life and Development. His research areas include underrepresented college student populations and competencies of student affairs new…    

Preface
About the Authors
Introduction
Defining Multiculturalism
Institutional Characteristics and Profiles
Research Methods and Procedures for Inquiry
Introduction to Chapters 4 Through 6
Reality of Campus Culture
The Lack of Multiculturalism and How it Affects Students
Coping: Involvement, Identity, and Educational Outcomes
Discussions, Conclusions, and Suggestions
General Assurances
Consent Form
Demographic Form