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Assessing Racial Campus Climate. Insights on Equity and Outcomes. Issue 24

Rockey, Marci – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2020

In partnership with the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) has had an ongoing commitment toward providing support for Illinois community colleges, with the goal of advancing equitable outcomes for students. In pursuit of this objective, OCCRL researchers have worked with…

Descriptors: College Environment, Race, Institutional Evaluation, Community Colleges

Anti-Racism Education in California Community Colleges. Position Paper. Adopted Fall 2020

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Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2020

Racism exists within communities and within colleges. It is ever-present in the structures that professionals in the California Community Colleges system work within and that students of color must navigate. Striving to achieve equity is not enough and is not possible within the current community college system. Policies, processes, and other…

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Racial Bias, Minority Group Students, Equal Education

Who Benefits?: A Critical Race Analysis of the (D)Evolving Language of Inclusion in Higher Education

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Harris, Jessica C.; Barone, Ryan P.; Davis, Lori Patton – Thought & Action, 2015

The primary purpose of this paper is to expand the ways in which educators and scholars employ the concepts of diversity, social justice, and inclusive excellence in relation to racial inclusivity. The goals are to help educators identify and acknowledge the intentional and unintentional consequences of maintaining white supremacy within higher…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Inclusion, Critical Theory, Race

Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms

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Milner, H. Richard, IV – Harvard Education Press, 2015

In this incisive and practical book, H. Richard Milner IV provides educators with a crucial understanding of how to teach students of color who live in poverty. Milner looks carefully at the circumstances of these students' lives and describes how those circumstances profoundly affect their experiences within schools and classrooms. In a series of…

Descriptors: African American Education, African American Students, Minority Group Students, Poverty

Special Issue: Racial and Ethnic Minority Students' Success in STEM Education

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Museus, Samuel D.; Palmer, Robert T.; Davis, Ryan J.; Maramba, Dina C. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2011

This monograph provides educational researchers, policymakers, and practitioners with an overview of existing knowledge regarding factors that influence success among racial and ethnic minority students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) circuit. To accomplish this task, the authors reviewed more than four hundred…

Descriptors: Race, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Research, STEM Education

The Condition of College and Career Readiness, 2011: Michigan

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ACT, Inc., 2011

Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report for the…