Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, The: (SUNY series, Frontiers in Education)

Across the country our universities and colleges continue to be beset by incidences of racial turmoil on campus. The first contemporary serious collection of articles on this topic, this book goes beyond rhetoric to examine the causes and impact of campus racial tensions both by examining some key university case studies and by investigating some of the underlying elements of the crisis. In order to raise the consciousness of the entire university community to the import of these concerns the authors focus both on current research and on the flashpoints of controversy. The first part of the volume deals with broader issues relating to the academic community and to the curriculum. The overarching issues including debates about affirmative action, and admissions policies are considered as well as the difficulties of recruitment, retention, and campus life for Afro-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American faculty. Studies of some of the campuses which have recently experienced a heightening of racial tension including Columbia, Stanford, Arizona State, and Cornell are provided.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Clark Kerr Acknowledgments Part 1: General Perspectives 1. The Racial Dilemma in American Higher Education Philip G. Altbach 2. The Changing Demographics: Problems and Opportunities Lewis C. Solmon and Tamara L. Wingard 3. Racism and the Model Minority: Asian-Americans in Higher Education Sucheng Chan and Ling-chi Wang 4. Race Relations on Campus: An Administrative Perspective Alan Colón 5. The Undergraduate Curriculum and the Issue of Race: Opportunities and Obligations Leon Botstein 6. Student Affirmative Action in Higher Education: Addressing Underrepresentation William T. Trent Part 2: Faculty Issues 7. Black Faculty in Academia Kenneth W. Jackson 8. Making the Short List: Black Candidates and the Faculty Recruitment Process Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Melvin L. Oliver 9. Practices of the Academy: Barriers to Access for Chicano Academics María de la Luz Reyes and John J. Halcón 10. White Faculty Struggling with the Effects of Racism Joseph Katz Part 3: Case Studies 11. Columbia University: Individual and Institutional Racism Eric L. Hirsch 12. Beyond Recruitment and Retention: The Stanford Experience Sally Cole 13. Race Relations and Attitudes at Arizona State University Leonard Gordon 14. Cornell Twenty Years Later William D. Gurowitz Conclusion Kofi Lomotey Contributors Index

About the Author :
Philip G. Altbach is Professor and Director of the Comparative Education Center at State University of New York at Buffalo, and author of The Knowledge Context: Comparative Perspectives on the Distribution of Knowledge, also published by SUNY Press. Kofi Lomotey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Organization, Administration and Policy at State University of New York at Buffalo, editor of Going to School: The African-American Experience, also published by SUNY Press, and author of African-American Principals: School Leadership and Success.

Review :
"Too often students and other members of academia and society at-large view race related issues as something of the past. This book provides support for continued research on race-related issues and the need to direct public policy toward efforts that will end institutional acts of racism." —Bruce Anthony Jones, Graduate School of Education, University of Pittsburgh