| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series, critical race studies in education |
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SUNY series, critical race studies in education.
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| Contents |
Learning about campus life from Black engineering majors -- Understanding the past and present of West Side University -- The Black community: The time and space to engage in the Black community -- Johnson's story -- The Black engineering community: Examining NBSE -- how Black engineers do it for the cutlure -- Jasmine's story -- The engineering school community: Organizational involvement -- diversity, dilution and antiblackness -- Informal relationships -- the (im)possibility of peer collaboration -- Nina's story -- The mainstream WSU community: Negotiating racism -- is mainstream campus life for White students? -- Martin's story -- Sociology and the blues of campus life |
| Summary |
An in-depth ethnography of Black engineering students at a historically White institution, Black Campus Life examines the intersection of two crises, up close: the limited number of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and the state of race relations in higher education. Antar Tichavakunda takes readers across campus, from study groups to parties and beyond as these students work hard, have fun, skip class, fundraise, and, at times, find themselves in tense racialized encounters. By consistently centering their perspectives and demonstrating how different campus communities, or social worlds, shape their experiences, Tichavakunda challenges assumptions about not only Black STEM majors but also Black students and the "racial climate" on college campuses more generally. Most fundamentally, Black Campus Life argues that Black collegians are more than the racism they endure. By studying and appreciating the everyday richness and complexity of their experiences, we all--faculty, administrators, parents, policymakers, and the broader public--might learn how to better support them. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)--a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org, and access the book online through the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on January 24, 2023) |
| Subject |
African American college students.
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African Americans -- Education (Higher)
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Engineering students -- United States
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Discrimination in higher education -- United States
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African American college students
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African Americans -- Education (Higher)
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Discrimination in higher education
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Engineering students
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438485928 |
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1438485921 |
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