Affirmative Action and Black Student Success
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- ISBN 9781032310527
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2023
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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David J. Luke’s Affirmative Action and Black Student Success is a concrete and comprehensive exploration into diversity programs on college campuses and their impact on Black student success and outcomes. Viewed over the span of 12 years, three large, public universities in the United States and Canada provide dynamic settings for this book’s comparative focus on diversity initiatives.
The author identifies key regional and national differences between these settings, as well as differences in the way diversity is framed and understood to illustrate how diversity programs and policies are shaped and the extent and ways in which these programs and policies then shape student experiences and outcomes. The values and meanings organizations ascribe to diversity, inclusion, and equity are frequently in transition, and the book’s compelling analysis conveys the importance of race in these contexts—when racism is presumed to be in decline, as is the case in colorblindness and demonstrations of multiculturalist ideals, racial inequalities are concealed and remain unnoticed. The author makes a range of practical recommendations and argues that clear and explicit goals about race and representation are integral in the expansion and preservation of inclusive institutional environments.
Unflinching in its critique and pragmatic with its recommendations, this book offers invaluable analysis for university leaders, diversity officers, and student affairs professionals, as much as it provides new insights for scholars and educators of racism, higher education, diversity, and organizational culture.
David J. Luke was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon earning his Bachelor of Science in sociology and Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting at Grand Valley State University, he worked for nearly three years for a public accounting firm, earning his certified public accountant (CPA) license. David returned to higher education to study sociology at the University of Kentucky, earning his masters and PhD. He has published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has presented at various colleges and universities, businesses, and numerous regional and national conferences, including the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), and the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association (ASA) and Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).
