Crystal Renée Chambers

Law and Social Justice in Higher Education

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Produktbeschreibung

The latest volume in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series explores the complexity of law in higher education and both the limits and opportunities of how law can promote inclusivity and access on campus.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9781138021167
• ISBN-10: 1138021164
• Artikelnr.: 42741420

Autorenporträt

Crystal Renée Chambers is Associate Professor of Higher Educational Leadership at East Carolina University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

ContentsList of Figures
Series Editor Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Justice, Social Justice, and Higher Education
Philosophical Foundations of Social Justice
Equity
Liberty
From Justice as Political Philosophy to Social Justice
Social Justice and Beliefs about Inequity
Social Inequity and OppressionIndicators of Social Oppression
Social Inequity and College Enrollment
Summary
Chapter 2: Citizenship and Racial Fragmentation: College Access from the
Colonial Era to the Antebellum PeriodOrigins: Universal Rights for Select
Individuals
The Status of People of Color in the Antebellum Period
Abolition and the Aftermath of the Dred Scott Decision
The Higher Education of People of Color from Colonial Times through the
Progressive Era
This Land Was Our Land
A Brief History of Native American Higher Education in the Colonial Era
Early Black, Native American, and Puerto Rican Higher Education
Strangers from a Different Shore
We Didn't Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Us
Summary
Chapter 3: Breaking Barriers: From Emancipation to Desegregation
The Legal Status of Blacks after the Civil War
The Case of Homer Plessy
The Mismeasure of Man
The Struggle for Racial Equality in the Progressive Era
A Strategy
The Legal Decisions
The Academic Battle
Summary
Chapter 4: Desegregating Historically White Colleges and Universities
Desegregating Historically White Institutions: The 1950s
Black College Students in Historically White Institutions
First Black Undergraduates in Southern Flagships
Student Activism in the 1950s
College Trends: 1960-1966
Desegregation in the 1960s
Campus Conditions
Summary
Chapter 5: Student Activism and Institutional Transformation
The Rise of Student Led Activism
Civil Disobedience: The Sit Ins
Freedom Rides
Voter Registration, Freedom Schools, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party
Movement Evolution
The Broader Civil Rights Struggle
On Campus
Changes in Student Enrollments
Student Activism
Student Power
Student Protests: North and South, Black and White, HBCUs and HWCUs
The Lasting Influence of Student Activism
Academic Affairs
Student Affairs
Summary
Chapter 6: Affirmative Action, the Desegregation of Higher Education
Systems, and the Proliferation of Minority Serving Institutions
Affirming Actions
Legal Standards
Affirmative Action in University Admissions in Court
The Desegregation of Dual Systems of Higher Education
The Case of Jake Ayers
Higher Education Desegregation beyond Mississippi
The Costs of Desegregation Suits
The Proliferation of Minority Serving Institutions
Chapter 7: Women's Subjugation and Higher Education from the Colonial Era
to the mid-1960s
Women's Legal Subjugation
The Social Order
Women's Education in an Emergent Nation
Women's Activism and the Beginnings of Women's Higher Education
First Institutions and the Curriculum
The First Generation of Women Graduates
Expansion
Women in Higher Education: The Progressive Era
The Second and Third Generations of College Women
Deans of Women
Women's Higher Education in the Postwar Era
Suppressing Women in STEM
Women on the Homefront
Activism in the Post-War Era
Thinking Differently about Womanhood
Sex and Criminal Law
Regulating to Prevent Sex on Campus
Chapter 8: The Sex Revolution and Reminiscences
Consciousness Raising and Feminism in the 1960s-1970s
The Downside of Success
General Considerations: Women and the Law
Title IX: Securing Women's Rights in Education
Admissions and Financial AidJoining the Adams SuitsWomen on Campus
The Chilly Classroom
Women's Studies: A Curricular and Scholarly Response
Chilly Climates beyond the Classroom
The Special Case of Women in Athletics
Women's Health and Safety
Chapter 9: Law and the Advancement of Social Justice in Higher Education:
Considering Social Class, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and
Dis/ability
Social Class
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Dis/Ability
Summary: Advancing Towards a Socially Just Future in Higher Education