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La Belle and Ward address a major question confronting American higher education - How do colleges and universities best prepare students for common citizenship in a diverse, democratic state while also nurturing their groups' cultures, values, and institutional participation? The authors clari...

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Main Author: La Belle, Thomas J.
Other Authors: Ward, Christopher R., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1996.
Series:SUNY series, frontiers in education.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Multicultural education > United States.
Cultural pluralism > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
United States > Race relations > Study and teaching (Higher)
United States > Ethnic relations > Study and teaching (Higher)
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Historical and conceptual backdrop
  • Chapter 1: Ethnicity, multiculturalism, and higher education in the United States prior to 1960
  • Chapter 2: Segmentation and intergroup relations through education
  • Part 2: Multiculturalism and ethnic studies: a contemporary view
  • Chapter 3: The rise of multiculturalism
  • Chapter 4: The emergence and status of contemporary ethnic studies programs in the United States
  • Part 3: The context and strategies for addressing diversity
  • Chapter 5: Ethnic studies, multiculturalism, and the social and political context: a mirror to society's intergroup relations
  • Chapter 6: Alternatives to multicultural and ethnic studies: strategies for institutional change.

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