| The Intercultural Campus: Transcending Culture and Power in American Higher Education Revised Edition Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Tanaka, Greg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820441503 ISBN-13: 9780820441504 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $38.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - History | North American - Psychology |
| Dewey: 378.194 |
| LCCN: 98037867 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 217 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a post-9/11 nation that is gripped by race fear, this book presents an approach to diversity that promotes peace and understanding across difference. Discussing studies conducted over an eight-year period, The Intercultural Campus reveals the underlying sources of racial fragmentation on college and university campuses and outlines a new framework for diversity. Citing the results from an innovative four-year project that completely transformed the culture of a university, Greg Tanaka describes specific programs that all campuses should implement when admitting diverse classes. Signaling a larger shift for progressives away from binary, essentialized notions of identity to individual agency, or subjectivity , this book advances a social change philosophy based in interdependence and highlights the skills that future U.S. leaders will need to interact successfully with others in our diverse global society. |