The Coercive Community College

Bullying and its Costly Impact on the Mission to Serve Underrepresented Populations

Leah P. Hollis

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781786355980
• eBook ISBN:
  9781786355973
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

Few studies address workplace bullying in American higher education. Leah P.Hollis, EdD, author of Bully in the Ivory Tower addressed the issue of workplace bullying in four-year institutions. This volume replicates the study to reveal that 64% of community college respondents are affected by workplace bullying. Women, people of color, and the LGBT community face increased incidents of workplace bullying. This volume addresses topics like the impact of labor unions on higher education workplace bullying. This topic is timely as several unions are emerging for adjunct faculty nationally. Also, the volume offers a rare voice from the presidents' perspective on workplace bullying. The narratives show that even the president has a boss, and can be adversely affected by workplace bullying. For those learning about leadership, especially applied to community college, this volume offers ten case studies for discussion and consideration. The volume concludes with a "call to action" for community colleges that have an opportunity to create and maintain a healthy workplace. In turn, effective policy can stop the costly behavior that is eroding the community college mission.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Coercive Community College: Bullying and Its Costly Impact on the Mission to Serve Underrepresented Populations
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction: Getting More with Honey
• Chapter 1 Bruising the Bottom Line: Cost of Workplace Bullying and the Compromised Access for Underrepresented Community Co...
• Chapter 2 When the President Is Bullied: A Diverse Sample of Narratives that Chronicle the Effect on the Community College ...
• Chapter 3 Color Outside the Lines: The Impact of Workplace Bullying on People of Color Working in Community Colleges
• Chapter 4 The Importance of Professor Civility in a Computer-Based Open-Access Environment for a Minority-Serving Institution
• Chapter 5 Labor Intensive: Workplace Bullying, Union Membership, and Unrealized Civil Rights for People of Color
• Chapter 6 Socially Dominated: The Racialized and Gendered Positionality of Those Precluded from Bullying
• Chapter 7 Insult to Injury: The Extent of Bullying for Gender and Sexual Minorities in Community Colleges
• Chapter 8 Cybershaming – Technology, Cyberbullying, and the Application to People of Color
• Chapter 9 Stop Bullies in Their Tracks: Bullying Scenarios Reflecting on Underrepresented Groups
• Chapter 10 Call to Action: Strategies to Create and Maintain Civility for Underrepresented Groups in the Community College
• Epilogue: A Word of Empathy
• Acknowledgements
• A Word about the Primary Author
• About the Authors