The intercultural campus : transcending culture & power in American higher education
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The intercultural campus : transcending culture & power in American higher education
(Counterpoints : studies in the postmodern theory of education, v. 97)
Peter Lang, c2003
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index
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New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien. 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.
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