Emancipatory change in US higher education

Emancipatory change in US higher education / Kenneth R. Roth, Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Zachary S. Ritter, editors.

This edited volume explores and deconstructs the possibilities of higher education beyond its initial purpose. The book contextualizes and argues for a more robust interrogation of persistent patterns of campus inequality driven by rapid demographic change, reduced public spending in higher educatio...

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Other Authors: Roth, Kenneth R. (Editor), Kumah-Abiwu, Felix (Editor), Ritter, Zachary S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Subjects:
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Transforming Higher Education-Reflections on the Past and Possibilities for the Future
  • Purposes of Higher Education in Steady Tension
  • Progress, Constraints, and Potential for Transformation
  • Reimagining Higher Education for the Next Generation
  • References
  • Chapter 2: The American University and the Struggle for Democracy
  • Introduction
  • Democracy in America
  • Democracy and Higher Education
  • What Can Be Done?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Space, Place, and Power in the Neoliberal Academy: Reflections on Asian American Women and Leadership in The Chair
  • Introduction
  • Invisibility/Visibility and the Labor of Asian American Women's Leadership
  • Refusing and Re-placing Spaces of Trauma
  • Solidarities Through Networks of Belonging
  • Conclusion: What Can Be?
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Equity and Efficacy in Teaching Effectiveness Assessment (TEA)
  • Introduction
  • Why Change TEA? Why Now?
  • The Changing Context of Higher Education
  • Actionable Data, Bias, and Statistical Meaninglessness
  • A Modest Proposal: TEA for Transformation Versus TEA for Status Quo
  • Self and Peer Observation
  • Self-Reflection
  • Peer Observation
  • Course Organization
  • Context and Purpose
  • Student and Community Engagement
  • Teacher Presence
  • Student Learning Assessment
  • Student Perspectives
  • Sample Student Perspective Survey
  • Course Design
  • Inclusion and Belonging
  • Teacher Presence
  • Engagement
  • Assessment
  • Modality and Context
  • Global
  • Extraordinary Commendations and Concerns
  • Hard Choices and Obstacles
  • References
  • Chapter 5: What Students, Whose Success? Reimagining the Transformation of Higher Education Through Critically Engaged Student Success Initiatives
  • Introduction
  • Positionality of the Authors
  • The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)
  • Multi-dimensional Perspectives from Stakeholders
  • Institutional Gaps in Support and Transformative Possibilities
  • At the Core: Financial Aid
  • One-Stop Shop: Meeting Students' Basic Needs
  • Basic Needs Support in the Fabric of the University
  • Reimagining the Transformative Possibility of Higher Education
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Transformative Mentoring Relationships: Engaging Student Voices to Create Emancipatory Change in Curriculum
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Defining Mentoring
  • Importance of Graduate Faculty Mentors
  • Challenges in Finding and Maintaining Supportive Graduate Mentorship
  • Latina/o/x Graduate Students
  • Theoretical Framework
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Prioritizing Health and Wellness
  • Advocating for Students Remotely
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: A Center for Sight and Sound: Connecting Media Representations to Critical Production Training
  • Introduction

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