Exploring Campus Diversity

Case Studies and Exercises

Sherwood Thompson, Pam Parry

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781475835045
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

Exploring Campus Diversity:Case Studies and Exercises explores the realistic chain of events that happens on college and university campuses across the United States that involve issues of diversity and campus climate. Many of the real-life scenarios presented in the book are taken from actual events on university and college campuses. A full array of learning exercises is associated with each of the case studies, and problem-solving questions are presented to stimulate understanding of the situations and how they relate using thoughtful, critical, and reflective reasoning.

Specifically, Exploring Campus Diversity examines diversity dilemmas pertaining to the challenges of expanding diversity and equity on American campuses. Experts from across the nation proffer problem-solving questions that are included at the end of each case study to guide the reader in ways of thinking about the diversity scenarios and deciding on appropriate ways to understand and recommend action to take in addressing the potential problem. Each case study offers examples of a possible challenge that a college or university might encounter in trying to deal with diversity, campus climate issues, or problematic policies. This book pushes the reader beyond the theoretical to the practical application of diversity principles in their everyday lives.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Unit 1: Campus Climate
• Chapter 1: Questioning the Right to Protest
• Chapter 2: Did Stereotyping Cause a Terrible Case of Mistaken Identity?
• Chapter 3: A Case Study in “Belonging”
• Chapter 4: Islam under the Microscope
• Chapter 5: Failure to Thrive
• Chapter 6: “Where Do I Fit?”
• Chapter 7: Is Academic Advising Really Multicultural?
• Chapter 8: Nontraditional Students
• Chapter 9: Empowering Women in Higher Education and Beyond
• Chapter 10: Thinking Differently Builds Passion on Campus
• Chapter 11: Redefining Mentorships
• Unit 2: Classroom Climate
• Chapter 12: Diversity and Classroom Instruction
• Chapter 13: Can Online Teaching Be Inclusive?
• Chapter 14: What Happens When No One Sees You for Who You Are?
• Chapter 15: Being an Ally
• Chapter 16: Code Switching
• Chapter 17: A Faculty Member Protecting the Marginalized
• Chapter 18: LGBTQ+ Populations
• Chapter 19: I’m NOT Chinese; I’m Japanese!
• Chapter 20: Did Implicit Bias Further Disenfranchise an Underrepresented Student?
• Chapter 21: First-Generation Students Need Professors to Understand Them Better
• Chapter 22: White Privilege
• Chapter 23: Diversity Issues for Faculty
• Unit 3: Policy Issues
• Chapter 24: Students Are Anxious, Divided over Bathroom Policies
• Chapter 25: Selective Flying
• Chapter 26: Recognizing Institutional Betrayal on College Campuses
• Chapter 27: Retention of Underrepresented Students
• Chapter 28: Building Walls or Bridges
• Chapter 29: Why and How Should We Talk about Affirmative Action?
• Chapter 30: Nurturing the Lost Attitudes of Empathy and Compassion in Test-centric Education
• Chapter 31: Utilizing Intellectual Diversity to Cultivate Innovation
• Chapter 32: Outnumbered
• Chapter 33: Affirmative Action
• Chapter 34: Welcome, Not Celebrated
• Unit 4: Student Organizations
• Chapter 35: First-Generation College Students
• Chapter 36: Antigay Slurs
• Chapter 37: Diversity and Student Media
• Chapter 38: Diversity and Student Media
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors