Reflecting Back, Looking Forward: Civil Rights and Student Affairs

Reflecting Back, Looking Forward: Civil Rights and Student Affairs
ISBN-10
0931654335
ISBN-13
9780931654336
Category
Political Science / Civil Rights
Pages
381
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
NASPA
Author
Lisa Wolf-Wendel

Description

Historically, colleges and universities have been the battleground for many important civil rights concerns. This book contains 18 first-person narrative accounts taken from authors' interviews with sutdent affairs administrators from the civil rights era. Introductory and summary chapters illuninate lessons that are relevant to today's campuses as they struggle to deal with issues of equity and diversity.

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