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An Analysis Of Academic Social Justice Programs At Five Midwestern Universities, Joshua A. Morey
An Analysis Of Academic Social Justice Programs At Five Midwestern Universities, Joshua A. Morey
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Abstract
Students entering postsecondary academic social justice programs are told they will gain the tools to become potent agents of social change. However, given the relative novelty of social justice as an academic field, there remains a lack of clarity about what exactly social justice encompasses. What principles of inquiry, theory, and practice unify social justice as an academic field? Is there a consistent, coherent conceptualization of social justice and social change agency among social justice faculty? Are there social-historical conditions that foster the development of social justice programs in universities? These questions guided this research project.
The evidence, based …