Diversity and triumphs of navigating the terrain of academe : international perspectives

• Other Authors: Heaggans, Raphael (Editor), T. Frierson, Henry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Diversity in higher education ; v. 23.
• Subjects: Minorities in higher education.; Racism in higher education.; Sexism in higher education.; Discrimination in higher education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781789736076; 9781789736090
• ISSN: 1479-3644 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3644201923
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 144 pages) ; cm.

Many challenges are faced by under-represented groups in academia. Difficulties during the tenure process, prejudice stemming from affirmative action and higher levels of scrutiny than their colleagues are just a few tribulations experienced by faculty members from minority groups that have gone unn...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• The great gulf between our progress yesterday and our survival tomorrow: swimming in the academe ocean
• Talk is cheap: the prospects and problems with campus conversations on race
• Navigating through PHD programs: experiences of Ghanaian PHD graduates from universities across the globe
• Walk steady, keep going: navigational moves of empowerment, resistance, and sustenance in the academy
• Progressing culturally responsive assessment for higher education institutions
• Navigating the politics of the academe
• Negotiating university teaching in Canada using critical race theory: having to continually prove oneself in academia
• "She don't [does not] belong here:" silver linings amid the ivory tower
• Index.