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Whiten Up! Examining Our Race, Privilege And Positionality In School, Susan Adams, Trish Mullaney
Whiten Up! Examining Our Race, Privilege And Positionality In School, Susan Adams, Trish Mullaney
Susan Adams
Workshop and paper presented at the Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 13, 2010.
The Pc Academy Debate: Questions Not Asked, Richard E. Redding, Robert Maranto, Frederick Hess
The Pc Academy Debate: Questions Not Asked, Richard E. Redding, Robert Maranto, Frederick Hess
Richard E. Redding
This is the introductory chapter for the edited book, The Politically Correct University: Problems, Scope, and Reforms, which explores the culture of political correctness in higher education. We focus on the problem of liberal political orthodoxy in teaching and scholarship and seek to understand how diversity – of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, but not of sociopolitical ideas – has become the dominant ideology in colleges and universities. The chapter provides an overview and commentary on the book’s four sections. The first section, Diagnosing the Problem, begins by providing the most current and comprehensive statistical analysis of the relative …
Is Anyone Really Listening? The Promise And Paradox Of Deeply Listening Across/Within Diversity, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks
Is Anyone Really Listening? The Promise And Paradox Of Deeply Listening Across/Within Diversity, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks
Susan Adams
Paper presentation and experiential workshop at the American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 27-31, 2010.
Preparing White, Middle Class Teachers For Diverse Classrooms: A Case Study For Navigating Similarity And Difference Through A Lens Of Whiteness, Susan Adams
Susan Adams
Presentation at the 22nd Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Cedarville, OH, June 2010.
Navigating Similarity And Difference: A Lens Of Whiteness In Preparing White, Middle Class Preservice Teachers For Diverse Classrooms, Susan Adams
Susan Adams
Presentation at the 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference on Leadership, Culture, and Pedagogy, Oxford, OH, February 2010.
"Blacks Deserve Bodies Too!" Design And Discussion About Diversity And Race In A Tween Virtual World, Y. B. Kafai, M. S. Cook, Deborah A. Fields
"Blacks Deserve Bodies Too!" Design And Discussion About Diversity And Race In A Tween Virtual World, Y. B. Kafai, M. S. Cook, Deborah A. Fields
Deborah A. Fields
No abstract provided.
Multilevel And Diverse Classrooms, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan
Multilevel And Diverse Classrooms, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
Is “Race-Neutral” Really Race- Neutral?: Adverse Impact Towards Underrepresented Minorities In The Uc System., Jose Luis Santos, Nolan L. Cabrera, Kevin J. Fosnacht
Is “Race-Neutral” Really Race- Neutral?: Adverse Impact Towards Underrepresented Minorities In The Uc System., Jose Luis Santos, Nolan L. Cabrera, Kevin J. Fosnacht
Nolan L. Cabrera
Authors examine the proportion of undergraduate applications, admissions, and enrollments preceding, during, and after Proposition 209 while accounting for the relative growth in University of California eligibility for underrepresented minorities (URMs). They employed standard deviation analyses to measure dispersion of the URMs to non-URMs. Results suggest that "disparate impact" towards URMs persists, the magnitude is large, and affirmative action alone is insufficient to ensure an equitable admissions process.