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This book reports on leading edge research on racism in higher education a matter that has received far less attention in western societies than racism in schools. The book examines the evidence of institutional racism in higher education and prepares for the forthcoming web-based guide to assist institutional change.The chapters here are drawn from the presentations by leading social science researchers in the field at a conference at the University of Leeds in 2002. The conference made it possible to assess the extent and nature of racism in higher education institutions today, and the structural constraints on change. There are theoretical and philosophical explorations that further understanding, and also accounts of evidence of positive new responses to these issues.This important book is for managers, academics and teachers in Higher Education, for policy makers, professionals and academics concerned with race equality and for students of the social sciences.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS: Part One - Challenging Racism in Higher Education. 1. Ivory Towers? The Academy and Racism; 2. Black and White Paradigms in Higher Education; 3. Institutional Racism in the Academy: Comparing the Police and University in Midshire; 4. Understanding Institutional Racism. Part Two - Higher Education Experiences. 5. The Others: extremism and intolerance on campus and the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism; 6. Fish in or out of water: a theoretical framework for race and the space of academia; 7. Unveiling South Asian Female Identities post September 11: Asian female students' sense of identity and experiences of higher education; 8. 'It is possible to have an education and be a Traveller': Education, Higher Education and Gypsy/Travellers in Britain; 9. Disability and Racial Discrimination in Employment in Higher Education. Part Three - Agendas for Change. 10. Tackling Institutional Racism in Higher Education: An Antiracist Toolkit; 11. Transforming the Curriculum? The problem with multiculturalism; 12. The Equality Challenge Unit and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000: A Developmental Approach to Implementation in Higher Education. Part Four - Theorising Persistent Racisms. 13. Discourse on Institutional Racism, the genealogy of a concept. 14. Slippery People: the immigrant imaginary and the grammar of colours.
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About the Book

This book reports on leading edge research on racism in higher education a matter that has received far less attention in western societies than racism in schools. The book examines the evidence of institutional racism in higher education and prepares for the forthcoming web-based guide to assist institutional change.The chapters here are drawn from the presentations by leading social science researchers in the field at a conference at the University of Leeds in 2002. The conference made it possible to assess the extent and nature of racism in higher education institutions today, and the structural constraints on change. There are theoretical and philosophical explorations that further understanding, and also accounts of evidence of positive new responses to these issues.This important book is for managers, academics and teachers in Higher Education, for policy makers, professionals and academics concerned with race equality and for students of the social sciences.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS: Part One - Challenging Racism in Higher Education. 1. Ivory Towers? The Academy and Racism; 2. Black and White Paradigms in Higher Education; 3. Institutional Racism in the Academy: Comparing the Police and University in Midshire; 4. Understanding Institutional Racism. Part Two - Higher Education Experiences. 5. The Others: extremism and intolerance on campus and the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism; 6. Fish in or out of water: a theoretical framework for race and the space of academia; 7. Unveiling South Asian Female Identities post September 11: Asian female students' sense of identity and experiences of higher education; 8. 'It is possible to have an education and be a Traveller': Education, Higher Education and Gypsy/Travellers in Britain; 9. Disability and Racial Discrimination in Employment in Higher Education. Part Three - Agendas for Change. 10. Tackling Institutional Racism in Higher Education: An Antiracist Toolkit; 11. Transforming the Curriculum? The problem with multiculturalism; 12. The Equality Challenge Unit and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000: A Developmental Approach to Implementation in Higher Education. Part Four - Theorising Persistent Racisms. 13. Discourse on Institutional Racism, the genealogy of a concept. 14. Slippery People: the immigrant imaginary and the grammar of colours.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781858567105
  • Publisher: Institute of Education Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Trentham Books Ltd
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1858567106
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2004
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 180


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