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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.
List of contents
PART ONE: RETAINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS I. CREATING AN AFFIRMING CULTURE TO RETAIN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS DURING THE POSTAFFIRMATIVE ACTION ERA IN HIGHER EDUCATION 2. REEXAMINING THE EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS 3. THE POLICIES AND POLITICS OF RETENTION AND ACCESS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN PUBLIC WHITE INSTITUTIONS 4. ALTERNATIVES TO RACE-BASED ADMISSIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: EXAMINING X-PERCENT PLANS IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND FLORIDA 5. DEVELOPING ACADEMIC WARRIORS: THINGS THAT PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND FACULTY SHOULD KNOW PART TWO: RETAINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADMINISTRATORS 6.A NEW TEST FOR DIVERSITY: RETAINING AFRICANAMERICAN ADMINISTATORS AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS 7.STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS OF BEING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADMINISTRATOR ON A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 8.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; PART THREE: RETAINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN FACULTY 9. HOW TO RETAIN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FACULTY DURING TIMES OF CHALLENGE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 10. REDEFINING AND REFINING SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE ACADEMY: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF OUR ELDERS AND GIVING CREDENCE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOICE AND AGENCY 11. IDENTITY, PURPOSE, AND IMPACT: BEBOP INNOVATORS AS INTELLECTUALS AND MODELS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC SUCCESS 12. RETHINKING W.E.B. DUBOIS' "DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS":IMPLICATIONS FOR RETENTION AND SELF-PRESERVATION IN THE ACADEMY 13. THE POLITICS OF TENURE AND PROMOTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FACULTY 14. ORGANIZING THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
