An indispensable reference that everyone concerned with the future of American colleges
and universities should acquire. First published in 1999, American Higher Education in the …

Guided by Hurtado et al.'s (2012) Multi-Contextual Model for Diverse Learning
Environments, this qualitative case study examined Black graduate students' perceptions of …

Higher education is a central institution in US democracy. In the 2010s, however, many
states that spent previous decades building up their higher education systems began to tear …

A bevy of recent incidents at colleges and universities across the nation have underscored
that legacies of white supremacy continue to manifest in both overt and subtle ways. From …

James Baldwin (1998) described whiteness as “the big lie” of American society where the
belief in the inherent superiority of white people allowed for, emboldened, and facilitated …

Over the past decade, increasingly more colleges and universities have had to address
student-initiated demands following racist incidents that occur both locally and nationally …

This study explores how college and university presidents strategically negotiate institutional
pressures and competing social norms in an attempt to maintain organizational legitimacy. It …

Racially minoritized college presidents represent less than 17% of all college and university
presidencies in the United States, and less than four percent are Latinx/a/o. This study …

Whiteness is the foundation of racism and racial violence within higher education
institutions. It is deeply embedded in the ideologies and organizational structures of colleges …

Governing Boards of postsecondary institutions and systems, the stakeholders with the most
legal power and responsibility for institutions, do not have a strong record of contributing to …