Doing equity and diversity for success in higher education : redressing structural inequalities in the academy /: redressing structural inequalities in the academy. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Dave S.P. Thomas, Jason Arday.
• Editors: Thomas, Dave S. P; Arday, Jason
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The Owl of Minerva Has Flown: Can Equity and Diversity be Done for Success in Higher Education Now?.Part I. A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future.2. The Myth of Academic Underperformance and Notions of Truth 52 Years After the Passing of the Race Relations Act 1968: In Conversation with Dame Jocelyn Barrow.3. A Diverse Society Needs Diverse Solutions.4. What We Don't, but Should Know.5. Decolonisation or Empowerment in Higher Education?.6 Travelling Between Historical Memory and the Current Predicament of Educational Reforms in Higher Education: A Transnational Perspective.7. Fencing the Race: Responding to the Past to Help Shape the Future. Part II. Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity or Decolonisation: The Big Conundrum.8. Decolonising Academic Spaces: Moving Beyond Diversity to Promote Racial Equity in Postsecondary Education.9. Towards the Unmaking of Canons: Decolonising the Study of Literature.10. 'Merit', 'Success' and the Epistemic Logics of Whiteness in Racialised Education Systems.- 11. Decolonising the Academy: A Look at Student-Led Interventions in the UK.12. On the Fallacy of Decolonisation in Our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).13. Diversify or Decolonise? What You Can Do Right Now and How to Get Started.Part III. Big Data: Am I a Name or Number?.14. The Unknown Student, and Other Short Stories: An Ethical and Methodological Exploration of Students as Data.15. Turning Big Data into Informed Action.16. Using Data-Driven Approaches to Address Systematic Awarding Gaps.Part IV. Identity and Belonging for Outliers, Space Invaders and Others Within the Brick Walls.17. Recruitment, Retention and Progression: Navigating the Flashpoints of Gender, Race and Religious Discrimination in Higher Education.18. Reflections on Redressing Racial Inequalities, When Teaching Race in the Sociology of Sport and Physical Education.19. Fighting Back While Black: The Relationship Between Racialised Resistance and Well-Being.20. In Whose Interest Is 'Training the Dog'? Black Academics' Reflection on Academic Development for 'Access and Success' in a Historically White University in South Africa.- 21. Understanding Critical Whiteness Studies: Harmful or Helpful in the Struggle for Racial Equity in the Academy?.- 22. Who Feels It Knows It! Alterity, Identity and 'Epistemological Privilege': Challenging White Privilege from a Black Perspective Within the Academy.23. Many Rivers to Cross: The Challenges and Barriers Facing Aspiring Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Leaders in the Academy.24. Understanding and Interrupting Systemic Racism: A 'Race Equality Receipt' as a Mechanism to Promote Transformational Conversations and Stimulate Actions to Redress Race Inequality.25. Sowing the Seeds: Embracing and Re-imaging a More Racially Inclusive Academy.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 379.26; Discrimination in higher education; Educational equalization; Higher education and state
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030656683
• Related ISBNs: 9783030656676
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