Behind the Diversity Numbers: Achieving Racial Equity on Campus - Brossura

Byrd, W. Carson

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ISBN 10: 1682536327 ISBN 13: 9781682536322

Casa editrice: Harvard Education Pr, 2021

Riassunto

Behind the Diversity Numbers uncovers how frequently used approaches to examine and understand race-related issues on college campuses can reinforce racism and inequality, rather than combat them. The book argues that educational leaders must look beyond quantitative metrics in order to develop institutional policies and practices that promote racial equality.

Utilizing nearly thirty years of data and research, W. Carson Byrd shows that limiting conversations about racial inequality to numeric representation and outcomes fails to take into account that inequality is also an experience. Quantitative-heavy approaches can turn students into numbers, devaluing their lived experiences of marginalization on campus. Byrd repositions these experiences to better understand how to design effective analytic and policy strategies to promote racial equity and justice in higher education.

Behind the Diversity Numbers focuses on how racial stratification and inequality can hide in plain sight behind analyses of diversity, equity, and inclusion. It provides readers with a range of suggestions for institutional change, including how to incorporate racial equity as a central component of higher education, especially when it comes to analyzing and monitoring data that can inform decision-making and policy making. The conclusion offers recommendations for systemic institutional change and for incorporating racial justice and equity as central components of higher education.

Behind the Diversity Numbers will enhance how institutions, higher education agencies, and policy makers think about what should be done to reduce racial inequality and to create diverse and equitable campuses.

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Informazioni sull'autore

W. Carson Byrd is faculty director of research initiatives for the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan and associate professor of sociology at the University of Louisville.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Harvard Education Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1682536327
• ISBN 13: 9781682536322
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile