Overcoming Educational Racism in the Community College (eBook, PDF)

Creating Pathways to Success for Minority and Impoverished Student Populations
Redaktion: Long, Angela

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses this urgent issue by bringing together nationally recognized researchers whose work throws light on the structural and systemic causes of student attrition, as well as college presidents and leaders who have successfully implemented strategies to improve student outcomes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000975840
• Artikelnr.: 68356790

Autorenporträt

Angela Long is an educational researcher, educator, and author who currently serves as an independent consultant in higher education, as well as co-editor of the "Innovative Ideas for Community Colleges" national book series through Stylus Publishing. She has participated in three White House summit meetings on Educational Excellence for Hispanics and has shared her findings before participants at the Achieving the Dream national conference, Florida Association of Community Colleges, U.S. Department of Education, the White House Summit Meeting on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in Miami, FL, the Consortium for Student Retention and Data Exchange, the American Association of Community Colleges, and the Florida Council of Student Affairs to name a few. In 2011, she worked with student leaders to found the Pathways to Persistence Scholars program at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida. She has experience teaching and working in the K-College setting and collaborates with leaders across the nation to publish groundbreaking data and retention metrics for at-risk student populations attending community colleges.. Walter G. Bumphus is President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges. From 2007 to January 1, 2011, Dr. Bumphus served as a professor in the Community College Leadership Program and as chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He also held the A. M. Aikin Regents Endowed Chair in Junior and Community College Education Leadership. He previously served as president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) from 2001 to 2007. LCTCS later conferred upon him the title of President Emeritus of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. From November 2000 to September 2001 he was chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC). Prior to joining BRCC, Dr. Bumphus worked in the corporate world serving as President of the Higher Education Division of

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Introduction Part One. African American/Black Student
Populations 1. Voice of the National Researcher. African American Student
Populations in Community Colleges-Glennda M. Bivens and J. Luke Wood 2.
Voice of the National Leaders. Retaining African American Students in the
Community College-Jamillah Moore and Edward Bush 3. Cutting-Edge Models for
Best Practice. Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida-Kenneth
Atwater and Joan B. Holmes Part Two. Hispanic/Latino Student Populations 4.
Voice of the National Researcher. Community College Data Trends for Latino
Student Populations-Deborah A. Santiago 5. Voice of the National Leader.
Equal Opportunity For All Students. Are We There Yet?-Maria Harper-Marinick
6. Cutting-Edge Models for Best Practice. "I Do Belong". Cultivating
Hispanic and Low-Income Student Success-Eduardo J. Padrón Part Three.
Native American/American Indian Student Populations 7. Voice of the
National Researcher. National Data Trends on Native American/American
Indian Student Retention at Community Colleges-Wei Song 8. Voice of the
National Leader. American Indian Voice. A National Perspective-Cynthia
Lindquist, Ta'Sunka Wicahpi Win (Star Horse Woman. 9. Cutting-Edge Models
for Best Practice. The Intersection of Education and Culture. Utilizing
Symbols, Relationships, and Traditions to Improve Enrollment Management of
American Indian Students-James Utterback Part Four. Asian American and
Pacific Islander Student Populations 10. Voice of the National Researcher.
Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Community College-Robert
Teranishi 11. Voice of the National Leader. Where Are All the Asian
American Auto Mechanics? Thoughts on Diversity, Globalism, and Middle-Skill
Jobs-Lee Lambert 12. Cutting-Edge Models for Best Practice. Negotiating
Multiple Identities. De Anza College's IMPACT AAPI Program-Brian Murphy and
Rowena Tomaneng Part Five. Caucasian Students in Poverty 13. Voice of the
National Researcher. Invisible Poverty. Caucasian Student Poverty and the
College Experience-Christopher M. Mullin 14. Voice of the National Leader.
The Role of Community Colleges in Helping People Move From Poverty to
Prosperity-G. Edward Hughes 15. Cutting-Edge Models for Best Practice.
Caucasian Student Populations in Poverty. Voices of Reluctant
Advocates-Russell Lowery-Hart and Cara Crowley Part Six. Conclusions and
Recommendations 16. Redesigning Students' Educational Experiences-Angela
Long Appendix A. Six Fundamental Factors for Improving Student Retention
About the Contributors Index