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  • Poison in the Ivy

    Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses

    by W. Carson Byrd ...
    Series series The American Campus
    The world of elite campuses is one of rarified social circles, as well as prestigious educational opportunities. W. Carson Byrd studied twenty-eight of the most selective colleges and universities in the United States to see whether elite students’ social interactions with each other might influence their racial beliefs in a positive way, since many of these graduates will eventually hold ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Intersectionality and Higher Education

    Identity and Inequality on College Campuses

    by W. Carson Byrd, Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel, Sarah M. Ovink, Antron D Mahoney, Marcela G. Cuellar, R. Nicole Johnson-Ahorlu, Terry-Ann Jones, Deborah M. Warnock0, Kristen A. Clayton1, Victor E. Ray2, Elizabeth M. Lee3, Tonya Maynard4, Denise Goerisch5, Bedelia N. Richards6, Melanie Jones Gast7, Ervin (Maliq) Matthew8, Derrick R. Brooms9, Orkideh Mohajeri0, Fernando Rodriguez1, finn schneider2, Ophelie Rowe-Allen3, Meredith Smith4, Tonisha B. Lane5, Annemarie Vaccaro6, Ezekiel Kimball7, Megan Nanney8, Susan V. Iverson9 ...
    Though colleges and universities are arguably paying more attention to diversity and inclusion than ever before, to what extent do their efforts result in more socially just campuses? Intersectionality and Higher Education examines how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, and other identities connect to produce intersected campus experiences. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    by Lorne Tepperman, Nina Gheihman ...
    British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the ... Read more

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  • Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum

    Purposes, Possibilities, and Challenges

    by Yatta Kanu ...
    From improved critical thinking to increased self-esteem and school retention, teachers and students have noted many benefits to bringing Aboriginal viewpoints into public school classrooms. In Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum, Yatta Kanu provides the first comprehensive study of how these frameworks can be effectively implemented to maximize Indigenous students' ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • 'Will the Circle be Unbroken?'

    Aboriginal Communities, Restorative Justice, and the Challenges of Conflict and Change

    by Jane Dickson-Gilmore, Carol La Prairie ...
    Embraced with zeal by a wide array of activists and policymakers, the restorative justice movement has made promises to reduce the disproportionate rates of Aboriginal involvement in crime and the criminal justice system and to offer a healing model suitable to Aboriginal communities. Such promises should be the focus of considerable critical analysis and evaluation, yet this kind of scrutiny has ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Race and Adult Education

    A Resource for Dialogue on Racism

    Edited by Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Scipio A. J. Colin III, Elizabeth Peterson, Stephen D. Brookfield ...
    The Handbook of Race and Adult EducationWhile much attention has been given to inclusion, diversity, and multiculturalism within adult education, The Handbook of Race and Adult Education is the first comprehensive work to engage in a dialogue specifically about race and racism and the effect these factors have on the marginalization or oppression of groups and individuals.This landmark book ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • Transgender Student Issues in Higher Education

    by Mel Lesch ...
    Transgender college students face issues of violence and discrimination on college campuses. Often Higher Education administrators are unaware of transgender and gender non-conforming student needs. This work examines best practices and examines ways that Administrators and Faculty can approach Transgender Student Issues at different Universities. ... Read more

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  • School Rules

    Obedience, Discipline and Elusive Democracy

    by Rebecca Raby ...
    How much say should students have in shaping their schools' disciplinary cultures? Should they have the power to weigh in on contentious issues like favouritism, discrimination, ‘no hats’ rules, and zero tolerance? What if pupils disagree with their teachers and administrators on certain rules? Rebecca Raby reflects on how regulations are made, applied, and negotiated in educational settings in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Ethics and Values in Social Work: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    by Frederic G. Reamer ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Socializing Care

    Feminist Ethics and Public Issues

    by Joan Tronto, Nel Noddings, Eloise Buker, Selma Sevenhuijsen, Vivienne Bozalek, Amanda Gouws, Marie Minnaar-Mcdonald, Deborah Little, Fiona Robinson, Judith Stadtman Tucker, Cheryl Brandsen, Margaret Urban Walker ...
    Series series Feminist Constructions
    Criticism is often levied that care ethics is too narrow in scope and fails to extend to issues of social justice. Socializing Care attempts to dispel that criticism. Contributors to the volume demonstrate how the ethics of care factors into a variety of social policies and institutions, and can indeed be useful in thinking about a number of different social problems. Divided into two sections, ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Social Cohesion and Immigration in Europe and North America

    Mechanisms, Conditions, and Causality

    Edited by Ruud Koopmans, Bram Lancee, Merlin Schaeffer ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Concerns about immigration and the rising visibility of minorities have triggered a lively scholarly debate on the consequences of ethnic diversity for trust, cooperation, and other aspects of social cohesion. In this accessibly written volume, leading scholars explore where, when, and why ethnic diversity affects social cohesion by way of analyses covering the major European immigration countries ... Read more

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  • Sociology of Higher Education

    Contributions and Their Contexts

    by Patricia J. Gumport ...
    "Outstanding . . . it presents a comprehensive state of the field, and it explores the role of sociological research in guiding higher education practice." — ChoiceIn this volume, Patricia Gumport and other leading scholars examine the sociology of higher education as it has evolved since the publication of Burton Clark's foundational article in 1973. They trace diverse conceptual and empirical ... Read more

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