| Ethnicity in College: Advancing Theory and Improving Diversity Practices on Campus Contributor(s): Ortiz, Anna M. (Author), Santos, Silvia J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1579220517 ISBN-13: 9781579220518 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: The great increase in minorities on campus is having a dramatic impact on higher education.Colleges face the challenge of developing programs to improve the success of students with poor schooling and create racial harmony on campus. To do so they need to know the answers to such questions as how students experience these demographic changes. Whether the focus on race reinforces their own group alliances, or encourages developing friendships across ethnic boundaries. How do students make sense of the capricious mix of identity politics, personal development and college experiences they encounter? And what are the implications for society at large?From over a hundred in-depth interviews conducted with African American, Asian American and Latino/a students the authors reveal how students experience their ethnic identity and adapt to the challenges of interacting with other groups. Through these students' narratives, this book tells the story of how they adjust, achieve success and define their role as social players in ethnically stratified communities, both in college and outside. In addition to this fresh and illuminating material, what sets this book apart is its novel, holistic, approach to examining how people construct their individual ethnic identities. The authors look at family and community systems, pre-college experiences, personal histories and the environments in which individuals encounter groups different from themselves--as well as internal processes of change--to offer a new perspective on how students learn and model intercultural competence from each other.This book not only offers a window to the future of higher education and our broader society, but gives educators, administrators, policy makers and students the insights they need to understand the subtleties and factors that are critical to creating the learning environments we need for a diverse society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education - Education | Higher - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Dewey: 378.198 |
| LCCN: 2008054640 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reading [this book] is like taking a course in ethnicity and its effects on college students....It is useful for not just learning about specific groups but also helpful for gaining perspective into student experiences as garnered from their own words.-- NACADA Journal All involved in higher education need to be aware of students' need to develop and express their ethnic identities. This invaluable resource is a must read. Summing Up: Essential.--Choice By studying the experiences of 120 Southern California college students, researchers Ortiz and Santos take an in-depth look at the role college plays in ethnic identity development. Their book provides a close look at the divergent developmental paths traversed by students of different ethnicities, and the effect college has on students' understanding of their ethnicity. With smart analysis and helpful suggestions for maximizing the positive effects of campus diversity, the volume is a significant contribution to the literature on identity, diversity, and education.--Diversity & Democracy This work is distinctive in eschewing an ethnic minority perspective through which Whites are the primary reference group, and the standard from which all ethnic and racial identity processes evolve; as well as in considering the influences that growing up in a multi-ethnic context may have on ethnic identity processes, particularly where the "other" is not White. This perspective is particularly important at a time when students entering universities are more likely to come from highly segregated high school environments, and will confront ethnic and social differences for the first time in college. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ortiz, Anna M.: - Anna M. Ortiz is department chair and professor of Educational Leadership at California State University, Long Beach. She has 27 years of experience in academic and student affairs. She has served as the new faculty mentorship coordinator for 7 years in the College of Education at CSULB and has coordinated and/or presented at several AERA Division J new faculty institutes and NASPA doctoral seminars, and is the inaugural Director of the NASPA Faculty Division. She has published extensively on the experiences of diverse students in higher education and on career issues for both student affairs administrators and faculty.Santos, Silvia J.: - Silvia J. Santos is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. |
