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Law and Social Justice in Higher Education

Law and Social Justice in Higher Education

Author: Crystal Rene Chambers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138021174
Published In: December 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The latest volume in the Core Concepts in Higher Education Series explores the complexity of law in higher education and both the limits and opportunities of how law can promote inclusivity and access on campus. Through a historical and legal framework, this volume explores the histories of undergraduate students and the law as it relates to equity, race, gender, social class, and sexual orientation. Bridging research, theory, and practice, Law and Social Justice in Higher Education encourages future and current higher education and student affairs practitioners to consider how they can collaborate to further a just society.

Special features:

Discussion of case law illustrates the reach and limits of law and where higher education professionals can continue to push for social justice.
Accessible to non-lawyers, chapters highlight key legal terms and key concepts guide readers at the beginning of each chapter.
End-of-chapter questions provide prompts for discussion and encourage student interactivity.

List of Figures

Series Editor Introduction

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Justice, Social Justice, and Higher Education

Philosophical Foundations of Social Justice

Equity

Liberty

From Justice as Political Philosophy to Social Justice

Social Justice and Beliefs about Inequity

Social Inequity and Oppression

Indicators of Social Oppression

Social Inequity and College Enrollment

Summary

Chapter 2: Citizenship and Racial Fragmentation: College Access from the Colonial Era to the Antebellum PeriodOrigins: Universal Rights for Select Individuals

The Status of People of Color in the Antebellum Period

Abolition and the Aftermath of the Dred Scott Decision

The Higher Education of People of Color from Colonial Times through the Progressive Era

This Land Was Our Land

A Brief History of Native American Higher Education in the Colonial Era

Early Black, Native American, and Puerto Rican Higher Education

Strangers from a Different Shore

We Didn’t Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Us

Summary

Chapter 3: Breaking Barriers: From Emancipation to Desegregation

The Legal Status of Blacks after the Civil War

The Case of Homer Plessy

The Mismeasure of Man

The Struggle for Racial Equality in the Progressive Era

A Strategy

The Legal Decisions

The Academic Battle

Summary

Chapter 4: Desegregating Historically White Colleges and Universities

Desegregating Historically White Institutions: The 1950s

Black College Students in Historically White Institutions

First Black Undergraduates in Southern Flagships

Student Activism in the 1950s

College Trends: 1960-1966

Desegregation in the 1960s

Campus Conditions

Summary

Chapter 5: Student Activism and Institutional Transformation

The Rise of Student Led Activism

Civil Disobedience: The Sit Ins

Freedom Rides

Voter Registration, Freedom Schools, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Movement Evolution

The Broader Civil Rights Struggle

On Campus

Changes in Student Enrollments

Student Activism

Student Power

Student Protests: North and South, Black and White, HBCUs and HWCUs

The Lasting Influence of Student Activism

Academic Affairs

Student Affairs

Summary

Chapter 6: Affirmative Action, the Desegregation of Higher Education Systems, and the Proliferation of Minority Serving Institutions

Affirming Actions

Legal Standards

Affirmative Action in University Admissions in Court

The Desegregation of Dual Systems of Higher Education

The Case of Jake Ayers

Higher Education Desegregation beyond Mississippi

The Costs of Desegregation Suits

The Proliferation of Minority Serving Institutions

Chapter 7: Women’s Subjugation and Higher Education from the Colonial Era to the mid-1960s

Women’s Legal Subjugation

The Social Order

Women’s Education in an Emergent Nation

Women’s Activism and the Beginnings of Women’s Higher Education

First Institutions and the Curriculum

The First Generation of Women Graduates

Expansion

Women in Higher Education: The Progressive Era

The Second and Third Generations of College Women

Deans of Women

Women’s Higher Education in the Postwar Era

Suppressing Women in STEM

Women on the Homefront

Activism in the Post-War Era

Thinking Differently about Womanhood

Sex and Criminal Law

Regulating to Prevent Sex on Campus

Chapter 8: The Sex Revolution and Reminiscences

Consciousness Raising and Feminism in the 1960s-1970s

The Downside of Success

General Considerations: Women and the Law

Title IX: Securing Women’s Rights in Education

Admissions and Financial Aid

Joining the Adams Suits

Women on Campus

The Chilly Classroom

Women’s Studies: A Curricular and Scholarly Response

Chilly Climates beyond the Classroom

The Special Case of Women in Athletics

Women’s Health and Safety

Chapter 9: Law and the Advancement of Social Justice in Higher Education: Considering Social Class, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Dis/ability

Social Class

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Dis/Ability

Summary: Advancing Towards a Socially Just Future in Higher Education