This monograph is focused on educating faculty and administrators about the developmental issues faced by students from different racial, ethnic, or other social groupings as they attempt to define themselves during the college years and the ways this information can enhance campus classrooms, programs, and policies. Although there is a growing body of work on how various racial, ethnic, gender and other social groups develop their identity, there has been limited s… More >>
The book is an acknowledgment of the complex makeup of the university population in the United States. Both at the student and faculty levels. Much of the discussion here revolves around the issue of race; a tricky and emotive topic on many campuses. Ethnicity also comes in, when concerning latinos, native Americans and asian Americans.
There is a lot of jargon about things like social oppression matrix, identity theory, and multiple identity development. It is easy to see how this might all be satirised. But if you can put aside a quick inclination to do so, much of the narrative may make sense, as a reflection of the nation’s history and the diverse nature of the universities. The book is meant to develop an awareness in the reader, and a sensitivity towards the socialising environment on a campus.
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