Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher Education ... - 9781620363768

Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher EducationDemography, Democracy, and Discourse\nAuthor(s): Penny A. Pasque, Noe Ortega, Marie P. Ting, John C. Burkhardt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Stylus Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781620363768, 978-1620363768\nSynopsis\nThis exciting new text examines one of the most important and yet elusive terms in higher education and society: What do we mean when we talk in a serious way about diversity? A distinguished group of diversity scholars explore the latest discourse on diversity and how it is reflected in research and practice. The chapters trace how the discourse on diversity is newly shaped after many of the 20th century concepts of race, ethnicity, gender and class have lost authority. In the academic disciplines and in public discourse, perspectives about diversity have been rapidly shifting in recent years. This is especially true in the United States where demographic changes and .