Positionality as Prologue: Encountering the Self on the Journey to Transforming Latina/o/x Educational Inequities

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Michelle M. Espino
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Study Participants

Positionality is an often overlooked but strategic practice for analyzing race and racism within the organizational bounds of predominantly White institutions of higher education. Positionality is critical self-reflection that uncovers the tensions and areas of strength found in relationships among the researcher, the research topic, the study participants, and the data analysis process. I argue that the researcher's practice of interrogating and articulating their personal and professional knowledge, values, beliefs, experiences, and embedded assumptions about race and racism can also be applied to a practitioner who plans to engage in dismantling systemic racial inequities in higher education. This chapter will illustrate how individuals embedded within institutions of higher education can interrogate their own positions within racist organizational contexts; attend to power dynamics as educational leaders, narrators, and subjects of inquiry; and commit to transformational practice that can address Latina/o/x educational inequities.

scholarly journals Moving Beyond the Statements: The Need for Action to Address Structural Racism at Predominantly White Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-179
Author(s):  
Monica Burke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Black Students ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
The Social

Higher education may once again be at a crossroad with the racial climate in the United States and what that means for college campuses. Consequently, institutions of higher education must commit to ensuring a supportive organizational structure for the social and psychosocial well-being of Black students and guaranteeing support resources for the psychological well-being of Black students. Such efforts require significant and enduring structural changes within institutions of higher education that should be ongoing and consistent.

Diversity in Kinesiology: Theoretical and Contemporary Considerations

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel R. Hodge ◽  
Doris R. Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Organizational Socialization ◽  
The United States ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Hispanic Faculty

In this article, the authors engage in discourse centrally located in the organizational socialization of Black and Hispanic kinesiology faculty and students within institutions of higher education. First, our commentary is situated in the theoretical framework of organizational socialization in regards to insight about the plight of Black and Hispanic kinesiology professionals. Next, data are presented that highlight the status of Black and Hispanic faculty in academe. Informed by previous research, the authors also discuss the socialization experiences of such faculty in kinesiology programs and departments, particularly at predominantly White institutions of higher education. Lastly, challenges are identified that are associated with recruiting, hiring, retaining, securing tenured status, and advancing Black and Hispanic faculty at leading doctorate-granting institutions in the United States.

scholarly journals Together and Alone? The Challenge of Talking about Racism on Campus

Daedalus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
White Students ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Intergroup Dialogue ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Global World

Higher education institutions are among the few places where people of different racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds can engage with each other in more than just a superficial way, providing students a unique opportunity to develop the skills needed to function effectively in a diverse, increasingly global world. Whether students develop this capacity will depend in large part on whether the institution they attend has provided structures for those critical learning experiences to take place. But what form should such learning experiences take? This essay argues that positive cross-racial engagement may require both structured intergroup dialogue and intragroup dialogue opportunities to support the learning needs of both White students and students of color in the context of predominantly White institutions.

Segregation Residual in Higher Education: A Tale of Two States

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 861-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Minor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Enrollment Trends ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities

Using Mississippi and North Carolina as cases, the author examines progress made toward the desegregation of enrollments in public colleges and universities. Enrollment trends are analyzed in the context of contemporary social, legal, and educational policy initiatives intended to desegregate dual systems of public higher education. Despite more than 50 years of desegregation litigation, findings show that enrollment by race across institutional sectors remains considerably segregated. White enrollment at historically Black colleges and universities remains minuscule. Black enrollment at predominantly White institutions has increased noticeably in Mississippi but less so in North Carolina. The discussion is dedicated to understanding what factors most significantly influence policy efforts and distinguishing the notion of integration from desegregation mandates.

scholarly journals Experiences of African Students in Predominantly White Institutions: A Literature Overview

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davis Inyama ◽  
Allison Williams ◽  
Kay McCauley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
African Students ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
African Health ◽  
Health Sciences Students

The objective of this paper is to examine research conducted on the experiences of African health sciences students in predominantly white higher education institutions/environments. The main elements of cross-cultural adaptation models were adopted to discuss the amalgamated themes under the auspices of adjustment, integration, and conditioning. The overview revealed that African students encounter unique experiences, with isolation and “feeling different” being commonly mentioned. Recommendations for future research are presented, including programmatic implications for higher education and student affairs professionals.

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