Despite seeming endless debate and public attention given to the
issue for several decades, those committed to creating welcoming
and engaging campus environments for all students recognize that
there is considerably more work to be done, and ask "Why aren't we
there yet, and when will we be done?" While our campuses have
evolved from being exclusionary and intolerant, and publicly
espouse the objectives of being welcoming, accepting, affirming,
and engaging, the data on admissions, retention, and graduation
clearly indicate that these goals have not been achieved. The
contributors to this book seek to offer new insights to improve
student affairs, emphasizing action that recognizes this is a
complex and multi-faceted process, and beginning with the assertion
that, without recognizing the influences of privilege and
inequality, we educators cannot promote truly welcoming
environments. This book focuses on guiding individuals and groups
through learning how to have difficult conversations that lead us
to act to create more just campuses, and provides illustrations of
multiple ways to respond to difficult situations. It advocates for
engaging in fruitful dialogues regarding differing social
identities including race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual
orientation, to lead readers through a process that advocates for
justice, and for taking personal responsibility for contributing to
the solution. The book is framed around the five elements of the
process of engaging in difficult conversations that not only
advocate for change but also create change: self knowledge,
knowledge of and experiences with others, understanding historical
and institutional contexts, understanding how to change the status
quo, and transformative action. Contributors: Jan Arminio Ellen M.
Broido Lucy A. LePeau John A. Mueller Anna Ortiz Lori Patton
Raechele L. Pope Vasti Torres Sherry K. Watt Matthew J. Weigand
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