Diversity Matters: Race, Ethnicity, and the Future of Christian Higher Education

Today, no institution can ignore the need for deep conversations about race and ethnicity. But colleges and universities face a unique set of challenges as they explore these topics. Diversity Mattersoffers leaders a roadmap as they think through how their campuses can serve all students well.

Five Key Sections

Campus Case Studies: Transforming Institutions with a Commitment to Diversity

Why We Stayed: Lessons in Resiliency and Leadership from Long-Term CCCU Diversity Professionals

Voices of Our Friends: Speaking for Themselves

Curricular/Cocurricular Initiatives to Enhance Diversity Awareness and Action

Autoethnographies: Emerging Leaders and Career Stages

Each chapter in Diversity Matters includes important discussion questions for administration, faculty, and staff.

Author: Karen Longman
Publisher: Abilene Christian University Press
Published: 08/08/2017
Pages: 386
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780891124542

About the Author
Longman, Karen A.: - Karen A. Longman serves as PhD program director and professor of doctoral higher education at Azusa Pacific University; the department currently serves more than 120 PhD and EdD students. She holds a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. Longman currently co-edits an eight-volume book series on Women and Leadership being published in collaboration with the International Leadership Association; she also co-edits a peer-reviewed journal titled Christian Higher Education: An International Journal of Research, Theory, and Practice. Building upon her previous role as Vice President for Professional Development and Research at the Washington, DC-based Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), she has coordinated annual leadership development institutes for the past 20 years, with more than 60 participants advancing into cabinet-level leadership roles and presidencies.