Occupying the academy : just how important is diversity work in higher education? / edited by Christine Clark, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, and Mark Brimhall-Vargas.

In English with two chapters in Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index.

The Permanence of Diversity / Mark Brimhall-Vargas, Christine Clark, and Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner -- Occupying Academia, Re-Affirming Diversity / Christine Clark, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, and Mark Brimhall-Vargas -- Stories from the Chief Diversity Officer Frontlines / Bailey Jackson -- Case 1: Extra, Extra, Read All About It! Diversity Soul-ed Out (and Sold/Out) Here / Christine Clark -- Case 2: Balancing Act: A Contextual Case Analysis on Re-Centering Diversity in the Midst of Social and Economic Fluctuations / Katrice A. Albert and Marco J. Barker -- Case 3: Deconstructing Hope: A Chief Diversity Officer's Dilemma in the Obama Era / A. Leslie Anderson -- Case 4: Transforming Lives and Communities: Case Study of a Diversity and Community Engagement Portfolio at a Flagship Institution / Gregory J. Vincent, Sherri L. Sanders, and S. Kiersten Ferguson -- Case 5: Southern Predominantly White Institutions, Targeted Students, and the Intersectionality of Identity: Two Case Studies / Allison Daniel Anders, James M. DeVita, and Steven Thurston Oliver -- Stories from the Mid-Level Administrator Frontlines / Bailey Jackson -- Case 6: The Myth of Institutionalizing Diversity: Structures and the Covert Decisions they Make / Mark Brimhall-Vargas -- Case 7: Swimming up Mainstream: Facing the Challenges to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion on a University of ACME, Regional Campus in Obama's Era / Virginia Lea, Hollace Anne Teuber, Glenda Jones, and Susan Wolfgram -- Case 8: The Search for Questions and Tellings of Silenced Students / Douglas J. Loveless and Bryant Griffith -- Case 9: The Evolution of a Campus: From the Seat of the Civil War to a Seat on the Freedom Rides / Shaunna Payne Gold and Leah K. Cox -- Case 10: The Unmet Promise: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of the Rise of an African American Studies Program / Michael E. Jennings -- Stories from the Faculty Frontlines / Bailey Jackson -- Case 11: "Just (Don't) Do It!" Tensions Between Articulated Commitments and Action at The ACME State University / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner and Vanessa Dodo Seriki -- Case 12: Déjà Vu:Dynamism of Racism in Policies and Practices Aimed at Alleviating Discrimination / Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers -- Case 13: "Isn't Affirmative Action Illegal?" / Eugene Oropeza Fujimoto -- Case 14: Equity at the Fringes: The Continuing Peripheral Enactment of Equity and Diversity in the Preparation of K-12 Teachers / Roderick L. Carey and Laura S. Yee -- Case 15: On the Battlefield for Social Justice in the Education of Teachers: The Dangers and Dangerousness of Challenging Whiteness in Predominantly White Institutions and Teacher Preparation Programs / Brenda G. Juárez and Cleveland Hayes -- So What? Who Cares? And What's Our Point About Diversity? / Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell -- Carta al lector: Una Lamada para Ocupar / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, Christine Clark, y Mark Brimhall-Vargas -- An Open Letter: A Call to Occupy / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, Christine Clark, and Mark Brimhall-Vargas.

"In the wake of the election of President Obama, many diversity scholars and practitioners imagined that renewed commitments to educational equity and justice were just around the corner. Unfortunately, the opposite has become the Obama-era reality. Across the country, equity and diversity workers at all levels in university and colleges, but especially Chief Diversity Officers in public institutions, are under assault. Is this assault a result of a pre-meditated and carefully calculated conservative political agenda or the unfortunate consequence of how largely white, politically conservative--and the power bases they represent--are expressing their anger about the changing racial landscape in the United States? This volume explores and deconstructs the reasons for this assault from various perspectives. This volume also illustrates how the national assault on equity and diversity has resulted in a continuum. At one end are 'diversity-friendly' institutions that are benignly neglecting equity/diversity efforts because of state budget crises. At the other end of the spectrum are the deliberate efforts being made to systematically dismantle equity and diversity work in especially politically conservative states."--Publisher's website.