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Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic
Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments
related to the role of geography in education, human development,
and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt
Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at
Washington University in St. Louis and former President of the
American Educational Research Association, presents a collection of
chapters from across disciplines to further understand the
strengths of and problems in our communities. Today, many research
literatures--e.g., health, housing, transportation, and
education--focus on civic progress, yet rarely are there efforts to
interrelate these literatures to better understand urgent problems
and promising possibilities in education, wherein social context is
central. In this volume, social context--in particular, the unequal
opportunities that result from geography--is integral to the
arguments, analyses, and case studies presented.Written by more
than 40 educational scholars from top universities across the
nation, the research presented in this volume provides historical,
moral, and scientifically based arguments with the potential to
inform understandings of civic problems associated with education,
youth, and families, and to guide the actions of responsible
citizens and institutions dedicated to advancing the public good.
Behind the Diversity Numbers uncovers how frequently used
approaches to examine and understand race-related issues on college
campuses can reinforce racism and inequality, rather than combat
them. The book argues that educational leaders must look beyond
quantitative metrics in order to develop institutional policies and
practices that promote racial equality. Utilizing nearly thirty
years of data and research, W. Carson Byrd shows that limiting
conversations about racial inequality to numeric representation and
outcomes fails to take into account that inequality is also an
experience. Quantitative-heavy approaches can turn students into
numbers, devaluing their lived experiences of marginalization on
campus. Byrd repositions these experiences to better understand how
to design effective analytic and policy strategies to promote
racial equity and justice in higher education. Behind the Diversity
Numbers focuses on how racial stratification and inequality can
hide in plain sight behind analyses of diversity, equity, and
inclusion. It provides readers with a range of suggestions for
institutional change, including how to incorporate racial equity as
a central component of higher education, especially when it comes
to analyzing and monitoring data that can inform decision-making
and policy making. The conclusion offers recommendations for
systemic institutional change and for incorporating racial justice
and equity as central components of higher education. Behind the
Diversity Numbers will enhance how institutions, higher education
agencies, and policy makers think about what should be done to
reduce racial inequality and to create diverse and equitable
campuses.
Walter Allen Bowles' children and grandchildren and honorary
grandchildren love listening to their Grampa's Children's Chats. He
has always loved telling stories, and these original stories draw
on his life and his experiences as a missionary in Papua New Guinea
while teaching children truths about life and God.
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 - July
23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
following his highly successful role as a war general in the second
half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the
Confederate military; the war, and secession, ended with the
surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox. As president he
led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate all
vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery. Upset over
uncontrolled violence in the South and wanting to protect African
American citizenship, President Grant effectively destroyed the Ku
Klux Klan in 1871. Grant was the first President to establish Civil
Service reform, creating a two-year federally funded Civil Service
Commission in 1871
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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