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Check All That Apply: The Census And The Multiracial Population, Nina Grant, Cecilia Olivares Oct 2001

Check All That Apply: The Census And The Multiracial Population, Nina Grant, Cecilia Olivares

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

In this presentation, we introduce the idea that different definitions of being multiracial and attitudes toward acknowledging mixed-raced origins might have affected the 2000 census enumeration of the multiracial population. How multiracial people self-identify and how society identifies multiracial people has become an escalating debate among many people. Because more Americans than ever are claiming their multiracial heritages, how they deal with the "other" category, or other restrictions to answering race and ethnicity questions ("Please check only one") is one of the most compelling issues in society today.

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Comprehending Cultural Factors That Impact Success: Emerging Views Of The Latina/O Experience At Predominantly White Institutions, Ricardo Montelongo, David A. Ortiz Oct 2001

Comprehending Cultural Factors That Impact Success: Emerging Views Of The Latina/O Experience At Predominantly White Institutions, Ricardo Montelongo, David A. Ortiz

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session is organized into three sections: an overview of the Latina/o condition in higher education that directly affect recruitment and retention; a synopsis of emergent and cutting¬-edge research aimed at facilitating success for Latina/o students, staff and faculty at predominantly white institutions; and participant-centered discussion of concepts, issues and practical problems. Personal experiences will be used for illustration purposes and will serve as a catalyst for discussion. The goal of this session is to enhance program participants' understanding of and ability to promote Latina/o socialization, leadership development and educational advancement at predominantly white institutions at all levels.

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The Role Of A Multicultural Facility In Enhancing Community Among Diverse Cultures, Melissa Abele, Chandra Claassen, Kara Helgeson, Becki Majors, Rachelle Winkle Oct 2001

The Role Of A Multicultural Facility In Enhancing Community Among Diverse Cultures, Melissa Abele, Chandra Claassen, Kara Helgeson, Becki Majors, Rachelle Winkle

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

The results of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln study imply that education, representation and support are key to creating community among students of color. Through the exploration of students' responses, the presenters will identify what services, programming and space should be offered in a multicultural facility.

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Creating Campus Community: Forming Institutional Responses To Students' Lack Of Cultural Competencies, Sherwood Smith Ph.D., Sarah Conant Martin, Jacob Diaz, Wilfrido Cruz Oct 2001

Creating Campus Community: Forming Institutional Responses To Students' Lack Of Cultural Competencies, Sherwood Smith Ph.D., Sarah Conant Martin, Jacob Diaz, Wilfrido Cruz

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session explores how predominantly white institutions address students' lack of cross cultural awareness and racial stereotyping. A team of administrators, faculty and students share and critique real life situations for analysis. The goal is to use a case study approach to discuss six issues critical in creating effective responses to incidents.

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Turning Tables: Recovering The African American Resistance Tradition At Predominantly White Institutions Of Learning, Jean Daniels Ph.D. Oct 2001

Turning Tables: Recovering The African American Resistance Tradition At Predominantly White Institutions Of Learning, Jean Daniels Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

How does race and gender connect to the issue of "authority" in the university classroom? In this session, there will be an exploration of how the subject" authority" in the classroom is linked to white students and their knowledge history. For most white students, the sight of an African American female at the head of a university classroom is an unfamiliar sight. Yet, for the black female professor, the classroom is becoming the "home" of African American resistance to oppression and injustice.

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Learning Across Cultures: How Minority Students Construct Identities That Foster Academic Success, Maryjo Benton Lee Oct 2001

Learning Across Cultures: How Minority Students Construct Identities That Foster Academic Success, Maryjo Benton Lee

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

In China, successful minority students are those who construct “achievement-oriented selves." Through interaction with significant others, these students develop perspectives of themselves as "successes." This, in turn, makes academic achievement possible. The "identity work" of Chinese ethnic students can serve as a model for those involved with minority education in the U.S.

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Konbit: A Model For Bringing Campus And Community Together To Serve An Immigrant Population, Walter J. Pierce, Sharon Singleton-Bowie, B.J. Bryson Oct 2001

Konbit: A Model For Bringing Campus And Community Together To Serve An Immigrant Population, Walter J. Pierce, Sharon Singleton-Bowie, B.J. Bryson

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Immigrant social work students and alumni bring a special interest in sensitizing the university community to the problems and needs of their group. KONBIT (gathering) is the Haitian way of calling people together to discuss an issue. This presentation describes the process and outcome of such a gathering.

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Why Can't We Wait (To Spend) And The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Potential Negative Impact On Minority Employees From Well-Intentioned Organizational Compensation Practices, James R. Jones Oct 2001

Why Can't We Wait (To Spend) And The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Potential Negative Impact On Minority Employees From Well-Intentioned Organizational Compensation Practices, James R. Jones

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

The presenter outlines a theoretical argument suggesting that organizational attempts to increase short- and long-term motivation and loyalty may unwittingly exacerbate career and financial growth problems for some "minority" workers. Research on ethnic cultural tendencies and individual differences in spending propensities is used to support the notion that the use of incentive-based compensation systems and retirement programs could lead to employees being both undermined in terms of financial health and "slotted" into divergent career paths.

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Academentia: Physiological Stress, Toxic Work Sites And The Neutralization Of Blackness By The Whiteness Standards Of Professionalization, Enoch H. Page Ph.D. Oct 2001

Academentia: Physiological Stress, Toxic Work Sites And The Neutralization Of Blackness By The Whiteness Standards Of Professionalization, Enoch H. Page Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Using auto-ethnographic methods, supplementing by current race theories, along with interviews from other scholars, I regard academentia as a form of professionalism most readily communicable to academics of color seeking advance. It can also infect those whose embrace of blackness (widely defined across cultures) is the least tolerant of the racial designs of white cultural practices. Where in the interest of students and colleagues, such academics challenge the whiteness criteria defining academic success, most of their peers adhere to the racial standards of professionalism.

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Crossing Boundaries To Engage In Difficult Dialogues, Gertrude Edem, Joseph L. Mbele Oct 2001

Crossing Boundaries To Engage In Difficult Dialogues, Gertrude Edem, Joseph L. Mbele

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

We are two African scholars, from Nigeria and Tanzania, who have extensive experience in Canada and the United States. Issues such as race and color, which are so central to the lives of people in North America do not seem to matter to us as much. This often creates misunderstandings between us as Africans and the people of North America. In the United States, for example, we Africans find ourselves in a situation where there are categories ready made, such as "people of color" and we wonder whether those categories are supposed to apply to us. We wonder whether the …

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Gator Launch: Developing A Minority Career-Mentoring Program, Shanaz Ali Sawyer M.S., Lisa Severy Ed.S. Oct 2001

Gator Launch: Developing A Minority Career-Mentoring Program, Shanaz Ali Sawyer M.S., Lisa Severy Ed.S.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Retaining minority students on college campuses is an important factor for maintaining the rich diversity of a university student body. This session will provide a look at the development of a career-mentoring program for minority college students to enhance retention and career success beyond graduation.

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Addressing Recruitment And Retention Through Building Anti-Racist, Multicultural Campuses, Phyllis May-Machunda, Amy Phillips Oct 2001

Addressing Recruitment And Retention Through Building Anti-Racist, Multicultural Campuses, Phyllis May-Machunda, Amy Phillips

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Conventional and creative strategies for recruitment and retention of people of color in predominantly white institutions have not worked. Long-term success in recruitment and retention requires institutional acknowledgement of systemic racism and development of an anti-racist institutional identity. This presentation will examine one Midwestern campus' effort to achieve this goal.

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Parent Involvement In The College Search Process, Nicole Jackson Oct 2001

Parent Involvement In The College Search Process, Nicole Jackson

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session is designed to stress the importance of parent involvement in the college search process for students of color. Attention will be given to programming ideas that challenge cultural, income, value, language and social barriers that have traditionally prevented parents of color from encouraging their students to pursue higher education.

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Multiple Perspectives On A Failed Attempt At Diversity, Fay Akindes, Michele Gee Ph.D., Farida Khan, Mary Kay Schleiter Ph.D. Oct 2001

Multiple Perspectives On A Failed Attempt At Diversity, Fay Akindes, Michele Gee Ph.D., Farida Khan, Mary Kay Schleiter Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Four faculty members from diverse disciplines and backgrounds use a polyvocal method of analysis to discuss a set of patterns which insure the failure of a campus to retain most faculty and teaching academic staff of color for more than a few years.

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The "Foreigner": Pedagogical Practices On Teaching Cultural Studies Courses, Gwendolyn Guy, Gaetane Jean-Marie Oct 2001

The "Foreigner": Pedagogical Practices On Teaching Cultural Studies Courses, Gwendolyn Guy, Gaetane Jean-Marie

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Black women scholars rarely get the opportunity to chronicle and critique their experiences as instructors in predominantly white institutions. When the black professor endeavors to teach cultural studies, there are immediate challenges that must be overcome for the engagement of critical discourse. This discussion will include ideas and recommendations concerning the issues explored by the presenters.

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Cross-Cultural Schooling Experiences And The Construction Of Identity: How Curriculum Impacts Educational Outcomes For Foreign Students, Yuri Wellington Oct 2001

Cross-Cultural Schooling Experiences And The Construction Of Identity: How Curriculum Impacts Educational Outcomes For Foreign Students, Yuri Wellington

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Using both qualitative and quantitative measures, this session will examine the case of one department within one academic institution of higher learning. Using data from a ten-year follow-up study of a federally funded Title VII Training, Development and Improvement Program Grant, this presentation considers whether the increase in use of multicultural materials reflects an increase in the integration of multicultural and second language acquisition knowledge and methodology into the curricula; and how such a quantitative increase in the integration of multicultural and second language acquisition knowledge and methodology into the curricula is qualitatively perceived by students. Through data collected from …

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The Recruitment And Retention Of Students Of Color At Private Institutions, Anthony Cortese Oct 2001

The Recruitment And Retention Of Students Of Color At Private Institutions, Anthony Cortese

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session presents a longitudinal study of recruitment and retention of students of color at a predominantly white university in the American Southwest. The institution was able to increase minority student enrollment 14 percent in fewer than ten years. This was accomplished through the careful development, implementation and evaluation of a policy designed to recruit and retain minority students. The specifics of this policy and how it may be used as a model for other predominantly white institutions are discussed.

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Making The Canon: Whose Postcolonial Literature Is It?, Sonia Delgado-Tall Ph.D. Oct 2001

Making The Canon: Whose Postcolonial Literature Is It?, Sonia Delgado-Tall Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

The presenter argues that post-colonial literatures are increasingly "culturally" appropriated by Western literacy critics and institutions. Their so-called incorporation into the category of World literatures has had little impact on North/South political and economic relations and Western representations of non-western cultures in popular culture. Moreover, the process of decolonization needs to be re-activated by African scholars from the South living in the North as well as within African universities.

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Plantation Mythology: Black Women In Academia, S. Malone-Hawkins Ph.D., Erma J. Lawson Ph.D. Oct 2001

Plantation Mythology: Black Women In Academia, S. Malone-Hawkins Ph.D., Erma J. Lawson Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This article presents the process and findings of a study to establish the relativity of plantation mythology to the institution of higher learning. The method employed is a comparative personal history of a twenty-year period using an expert panel approach. A ten person expert panel of women of color was identified to generate a depiction of the conterminous experiences on the plantation. While we will not use a specific time frame, we will, however, analyze time and place similarities.

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From Plantation To Partnership Politics: Being Black In The Academy, Valarie Greene King Ph.D., Rebekah Mccloud Ed.D., Diana Mitchell Oct 2001

From Plantation To Partnership Politics: Being Black In The Academy, Valarie Greene King Ph.D., Rebekah Mccloud Ed.D., Diana Mitchell

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session examines the lingering impact of systems of domination and oppression on black faculty and staff on predominantly white campuses. It highlights ways these forces continue to stifle and impede the efforts by blacks to build meaningful and supportive alliances. Interactive and multi-media approaches are used to underscore practices for critical affirmation, self-recovery, intra-group partnerships and multi-cultural community building.

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Recruitment And Retention Of Culturally Diverse Faculty/Staff: Our Process For Success, Sharon Ulmar, Sherri Rogers Oct 2001

Recruitment And Retention Of Culturally Diverse Faculty/Staff: Our Process For Success, Sharon Ulmar, Sherri Rogers

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This presentation will highlight the very successful process followed at the University of Nebraska at Omaha for recruiting culturally diverse faculty and staff and further illustrates the joint ownership of this process by the Chancellor's Office as well as by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs office. The individual unit retention and assessment strategies will be shared with participants.

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Sobreviviendo The White Corn Fields: Chicanas And Latinas In Predominantly White Institutions, Amelia M. L. Montes Oct 2001

Sobreviviendo The White Corn Fields: Chicanas And Latinas In Predominantly White Institutions, Amelia M. L. Montes

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Graduate students are often reminded that acquiring a job in the academic field often demands living far from family and familiar surroundings. For minority doctoral students—specifically Chicanas and Latinas from the West and Southwest–who accept academic positions in Midwest and Eastern predominantly white institutions, the job may test familial cultural beliefs and affect faculty recruitment and retention. I argue that institutions must better understand the needs of new minority faculty hires. This session will explore the personal and professional necessities that both the predominantly white institutions and the Chicana/Latina must consider in order to be successful in recruitment, hiring and …

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Training College Students As Race And Race¬-Relations Facilitators, Eureka C. Daye Oct 2001

Training College Students As Race And Race¬-Relations Facilitators, Eureka C. Daye

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session introduces a "train the trainer" model on preparing college students to serve as race-relations facilitators. Pedagogical framework shares how students from different "affinity" groups can explore forms of racial conflict and promote racial unity in a safe way. Highly charged race-related content areas will be covered.

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A New Vision Of Affirmative Action And Faculty-Admininistrator Cooperation: Transforming Debates And Teaching About African-Americans, Race And The Law In Predominantly White Institutions, Akiba J. Covitz Oct 2001

A New Vision Of Affirmative Action And Faculty-Admininistrator Cooperation: Transforming Debates And Teaching About African-Americans, Race And The Law In Predominantly White Institutions, Akiba J. Covitz

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session will present a new model of affirmative action as well as a model for how our campus conversations about affirmative action and the benefits of diversity can and should be connected to teaching undergraduate courses. The presenter will share his experiences as a professor partnering with administrators to bring debate about the (evident) merits of affirmative action into the curriculum of our institutions.

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Are Time-Honored Traditions Of Predominantly White Institutions Added Barriers To Integration For Students Of Color? The Challenges Of Integration In The New Millennium, Gail Shorter Judson Ph.D. Oct 2001

Are Time-Honored Traditions Of Predominantly White Institutions Added Barriers To Integration For Students Of Color? The Challenges Of Integration In The New Millennium, Gail Shorter Judson Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

This session presents a framework for implementing diversity initiatives in century-old organizations located in rural communities. By utilizing “change agents” composed of faculty mentors for students of color and an inclusive committee, the campus community starts the process of diffusing the "valuing diversity" initiative into its social system. This process brings into focus the challenges and limitations of time-honored traditions for predominantly white institutions when encountering the "traditions-of-struggle" for people of color. The process examines the pervasiveness of student concerns by utilizing qualitative and quantitative research methods. The impact on recruitment and retention of students, faculty and staff of color …

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A Case Study: Contemporary Forms Of Bias And "Prejudice" And How It Negatively Impacts Scholars Of Color Within The Academy, E. Kelly Sanford Ph.D. Oct 2001

A Case Study: Contemporary Forms Of Bias And "Prejudice" And How It Negatively Impacts Scholars Of Color Within The Academy, E. Kelly Sanford Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

The session presents a Case Study to identify contemporary forms of bias that scholars of color inevitably experience from the classroom discourse to the tenure process. While “academic freedom” and the notion of “ diversity” are apparent politically correct ideals in theory, the reality is different on the average for scholars of color.

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A Case Study: Contemporary Forms Of Bias And "Prejudice" And How It Negatively Impacts Scholars Of Color Within The Academy, Elizabeth J. Achieng Siwo-Okundi B.A. Oct 2001

A Case Study: Contemporary Forms Of Bias And "Prejudice" And How It Negatively Impacts Scholars Of Color Within The Academy, Elizabeth J. Achieng Siwo-Okundi B.A.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

The session presents a Case Study to identify contemporary forms of bias that scholars of color inevitably experience from the classroom discourse to the tenure process. While “academic freedom” and the notion of “ diversity” are apparent politically correct ideals in theory, the reality is different on the average for scholars of color.

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Competing Interests: Strategies For Working With Diverse Minority Groups, Dorscine Spigner Littles Ph.D., Amelia M. Adams M.A. Oct 2001

Competing Interests: Strategies For Working With Diverse Minority Groups, Dorscine Spigner Littles Ph.D., Amelia M. Adams M.A.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Intentionally or non-intentionally, budgetary constraints have caused ethnic groups on many predominantly white campuses to compete among themselves for a share of limited power and resources. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss strategies that will provide equitable access to resources, information, finances and opportunities to have a representative community that reflects the diverse populations on campuses.

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Engaging In Difficult Dialogues Beyond Color: Where Do You Draw The Line Between Race, Gender And Authority In The Classroom?, Safoura A. Boukari Oct 2001

Engaging In Difficult Dialogues Beyond Color: Where Do You Draw The Line Between Race, Gender And Authority In The Classroom?, Safoura A. Boukari

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Grounding the discussion in Check Anta Diop’s Cradle theory, this paper invites us for a critical thinking and questioning of the very existence, the relevance of the color concept itself alongside the negative and detrimental impacts color has on, especially, Black women in academia. Historical, anthropological, scientific findings and theorists of the “Monogenesis” like, Asa G. Hilliard III (Free Your Mind: Return to the Source) traced the human origin back to a single human being, a woman, more than 10.000 years ago. In reference to the current trend, skin color could be defined as nothing, but the result of an …

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Retention, Mentoring And The Mythological Need For The Other: Specifically Designed, With Urban Youth In Mind, Gene Kwame Scruggs Oct 2001

Retention, Mentoring And The Mythological Need For The Other: Specifically Designed, With Urban Youth In Mind, Gene Kwame Scruggs

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 6th Annual National Conference (2001)

Through mythological stories, participants are given assistance in their personal journeys. Stories focus on mentoring, long-term gratification, the rewards of persistence and the archetypal need to blossom. The specific group process has consistently created introspection and provided a sense of encouragement for the participant to speak to their calling.

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