Debatable diversity : critical dialogues on change in American universities

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Debatable diversity : critical dialogues on change in American universities

Raymond V. Padilla and Miguel Montiel

(Critical perspectives series)

Rowman and Littlefield, c1998

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: cloth ISBN 9780847687305

内容説明

In this timely and thought-provoking book, the authors engage each other and the reader in an ongoing dialogue questioning the purpose and role of the contemporary university as bureaucratic, corporate, and diversified. Written as a series of conversations between the authors, two Chicano scholars at a western university, Debatable Diversity chronicles their own experiences as academic activists who struggled for decades to transform an American university system based more on entrepreneurship and the business model than on a dedication to the ideals set forth by a social awareness and support for civil rights that came out of the 1960s and early 1970s, a time when hope and faith in social change permeated college campuses. Instead, as Padilla and Montiel reveal, this commitment was never realized, and the lack of responsiveness of most American universities to the realities of shifting demographics and cultural diversity is the rule rather than the exception. Posing a challenge for all of those interested in transforming the university into a place that reflects the realities of the American cultural landscape, including growing minority populations, the challenge of maintaining a sense of humanity in the face of the information age, socioeconomic and class inequality, and the growing presence of minorities on campus, Debatable Diversity challenges readers to reexamine the purposes, goals, and functions of the American university in light of the ongoing social transformation from modernity to postmodernity. Not only do the authors offer an insider's look at the inner workings of academia, but also of academic activism, with the goal of renewal and reconfiguration of the contemporary 'multiversity.'

目次

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Constructing this Book Chapter 3 Social Justice and Idealism Chapter 4 University Autonomy Chapter 5 The Rationalist Turn Chapter 6 Change from the Top Down Chapter 7 Change from the Bottom Up Chapter 8 On Rainbows and Coalitions, Intellectual Space, The Elusive Community of Scholars Chapter 9 All for Some and Some for All Chapter 10 Epi(dia)logue
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780847687312

内容説明

Written as a series of conversations between the authorstwo Chicano scholars at a western state university - Debatable Diversity chronicles their experiences as academic activists. Raymond V. Padilla and Miguel Montiel struggled for decades to transform an American university system based more on entrepreneurship and the business model than on a dedication to the ideals set forth by a social awareness and support for civil rights that came out of the 1960s and early 1970s, a time when hope and faith in social change permeated college campuses. As the authors reveal, however, this commitment was never realized, and the lack of responsiveness of most American universities to the realities of shifting demographics and cultural diversity is the rule rather than the exception. Debatable Diversity challenges readers to reexamine the purposes, goals, and functions of the American university in light of the ongoing social transformation from modernity to post-modernity. The authors offer an insider's look at the inner workings of academic and especially academic activism, with the goal of renewal and reconfiguration of the contemporary "multiversity."

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