Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons^™

We've Been Admitted: Now What?, Christine Robinson, Moniqueka E. Gold

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“The purpose of the roundtable is to share the challenges faced in making change at a predominantly white academic institution.”

The Importance Of Community And Its Impact On The Quality Of Campus Life And Success For African American Students, Richard W. White

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“While we are accustomed to viewing special programs as efforts to ensure the success of underrepresented students, we may overlook that what these programs communicate about these students are part of the structure of higher education that they must struggle against.”

Language, Race, And Social Justice: The Graduate School Experience Of A Young Chicano, Alejandro Covarrubias

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“This session brings together the voices of several Chicanos who participated in a focus group and semi-structured interviews about their experiences in academica into a single voice that speaks form a Chicano standpoint.”

Wayne B. Powell, Wayne B. Powell

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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Molly Tovar, Molly Tovar

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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Lena Wright Myers, Lena Wright Myers

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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Artificial Equations, Artificial Distinctions: Language That Poisons The Waters Of Ethnic Relations, Kenneth D. Richardson

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“It is my contention at this point that when race relations on campuses get better, it is in spite of, not because of, the proliferation of jargon-based rhetoric about diversity.”

The Deepening Of Diversity: Lessons From Critical Moments, Suzy Prenger, Reshell Ray

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“This educational model identifies critical moments in the educational experiences of non-traditional students, particularly nonwhite, first generation students. The moments are critical because the students perceive that their difference sets them apart.”

The Mlo Model: A College-Level Approach To University Minority Student Affairs, Lee Ann Davis, Sandra L. Mitchell

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“The MLO model opens the university to broader minority leadership, vision, position of power and productivity while reducing what might be perceived as institutional rigidity in coping with the unique needs of students in its colleges.”

Challenging The Campus Power Structure In Pro Per: A Paradigm For Moving Beyond Diversity 101, Regina Harvey Mclaughlin

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“This session examines the fallibility of “vested power” in one institution of higher learning; and the impetus of self-empowerment of one individual, who happened to have been a woman of color in a predominantly white institution.”

“Common Ground: A Survey Of Perspectives From The 1999 University Of Nebraska Diversity Summit”, Juan Gonzales

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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“Native American Underrepresentation In Predominantly White Institutions”, Helen Long Soldier, Dean Flechs

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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The Shaping Of A New Identity: Continuation Of The Transformation Process Of People Of Color On White University College Campuses Into "White" People Of Color, William B. Stewart, Ida B. Stewart

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“Our study will show how the pyramidal structure as a permanent feature of every aspect of American society continues to function in the same manner at institutions of higher learning.”

Carlos Muñoz, Jr., Carlos Muñoz Jr.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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“The Role Of Higher Education Institutions In Building Community”, Randy Ross

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

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Pragmatism: Exploring Black Studies And Multiculturalism In Higher Education, Earnest N. Bracey

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 4th Annual National Conference (1999)

“In the final analysis, we must understand that a heterogeneous culture defies any attempt to codify an American ‘canon’ of essential learning.”

Review Of Textiles Of Late Antiquity, By Annemarie Stauffer Et Al., Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

This publication presents twenty-nine superb photographs of a selection of outstanding Late Antique textiles from among more than fifteen hundred classified as Coptic in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accompanying an exhibition of sixty-one textiles (on view 4 December 1995-7 April 1996), this booklet celebrates the "new, accessible storage and ex- tensive visual and documentary archives" (p. 4) of the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at the Metro politan Museum of Art. ...

The study of textiles can tell us so much more about the societies from which they came, about the cultures that produced them--information concerning environmental …

Blandina Cardenas-Ramirez, Blandina Cardenas-Ramirez

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

No abstract provided.

Ella Edmonson Bell, Ella L. J. Edmonson Bell

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

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Theorizing Black Community, Richard A. Jones

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act (1965), black leaders (public intellectuals and philosophers) have proposed a wide array of models for the African American community. This paper examines the possibilities for theorizing legitimate, non (so-called) “pathological” African American communities.

“At Purdue University, We Have Recently Developed A Summer Research Institute With The Goal Of Establishing A New Paradigm For Advancing Minority Students Toward Graduate School And On To Careers In Research And Teaching.”, Walter A. Brown

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“Since the civil rights movement in the 1960’s, there has been substantial increase in the number of senior level African American Administrators at predominantly white institutions (PWIs). However, I argue that this is a partly false perception. There are more African American administrators, but they tend to be in positions that lack power and authority.”

Making Traditional Courses More Inclusive: Confessions Of An African American Female Professor Who Attempted To Crash All The Barriers At Once, Angela Mae Kupenda

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“My concern is that we need to make legal education, and especially traditional law school classes, more inclusive of our diverse society, more inclusive of minorities and women, more open to the reality of diversity and differences that we live.”

Reconceptualizing Chilly Climate: Minority Faculty In North American Academe, Njoki M. Kamau

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

Reconceptualizing Chilly Climate: Minority Faculty in North American Academe

Searching For Inclusion: Campus Conversations With People Of Color In Predominantly White Institutions, Maureen Eckloff, Venita Kelley, James Lee Hullinger, Alberta Nelson, Valdez Russell

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“The purpose of this study is to share perceptions of students of color regarding their perceived acceptance and inclusion in Nebraska’s public schools and universities.”

Summer Research Institute For Diversity In Biomedical Science, Dwight E. Lewis, Detris T. Honora

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“At Purdue University, we have recently developed a Summer Research Institute with the goal of establishing a new paradigm for advancing minority students toward graduate school and on to careers in research and teaching.”

Bureaucracy, Collegiality And Politics: Three Models Of Academic Governance To Aid People Of Color In Predominantly White Institutions, Wallace Southerland

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“This workshop will examine briefly the bureaucratic, collegial, and political models of governance in America’s colleges and universities with an emphasis on enhancing the knowledge base of people of color in predominantly white institutions.”

Chicana, Indian And Sudanese Perspectives Of Teaching In The Academy: Three Levels Of Experience In The Teaching-Learning And Social Environment, Emilia Gonzalez-Clements, Bidisha Nag, Mona Mohamed

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“Women of color from any culture or country face additional barriers in predominantly white institutions. This panel presents perspectives and experiences of three women from three cultures and three different levels of academia—a Chicana Latino visiting professor, a graduate teaching assistant from India, and a Sudanese graduate research assistant.”

The Cultural Ideas Exchange Program Model, Monika L. Walker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“The primary objective of Cultural Ideas Exchange Program or CIEP is to provide informative insight and reports on those issues and events that ultimately affect the lives and welfare of minority and ethnic student populations.”

Helpful Hints For Advising Nphc (Black Greek) Organizations, John Leonard Harris

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“As Black Greek-letter organizations have grown to more than one million and a half members across the world, so too has the challenge of remaining true to their original principles and purposes.”

Are Forced Communities Helping Students Of Color?, Bryn Upton

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“These false communities that exist at a large number of schools have some advantages for their members, but for the most part the results are not beneficial for the students or the larger campus community.”