Support systems and services for diverse populations considering the intersection of race, gender, and the needs of black female undergraduates

More than identity politics, intersectionality regards the inability of institutional structures to remedy discrimination because of the intersection between social dynamics which are often discretely conceived (Crenshaw & Dill, 2009). For a set of Black women workers in the manufacturing contex...

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Other Authors Chambers, Crystal Renée
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
SeriesDiversity in higher education ; v. 8.
Subjects
African American women > Education (Higher)
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780857249449
ISSN1479-3644 ;
DOI10.1108/S1479-3644(2011)8
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 213 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Does student engagement = positive outcomes for African American women college students? : a cursory analysis of NSSE 2009-2010 data / Crystal Renée Chambers, Michael C. Poock
  • Working against the odds : the undergraduate support needs of African American women / Sean Robinson, Veronica Franklin
  • Can I succeed? : challenges African-American women face in technology-driven college classrooms / Liliana Mina
  • Buried treasure : community cultural wealth among black American female students / Shaunna Payne Gold
  • Becoming grounded and focused : African-American women's perspectives on church, spirituality, religion, and college life / Saran Donahoo
  • Beating the odds : how five non-traditional black female students succeeded at an Ivy-League institution / Patricia C. Williams
  • "Bein' alive & bein' a woman & bein' colored is a metaphysical dilemma" : black female social integration at a predominantly white institution / Sandra Miles, Tamara Bertrand Jones, Kristal Moore Clemons, Patricia Golay
  • Black females in higher education at HBCUs : the paradox of success / Helen Bond
  • The emergence of women's centers at HBCUs : centers of influence and the confluence of black feminist epistemology and liberal education / Vickie L. Suggs, Shayla Mitchell
  • African American women in community colleges : overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities / Amanda A. Turner
  • Illuminating the experiences of African-American female community college students in developmental education / Christine Johnson McPhail.

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