When Diversity Drops : : Race, Religion, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education /

When Diversity Drops : : Race, Religion, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education / / Julie J. Park.

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Julie J. Park examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at "California University," as a case study to show how reductions in racial diversity impact the abi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Park, Julie J.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Cultural and Organizational Contexts of Race, Religion, and Higher Education
  • 2 .Changing a Culture: IVCF Decides to Make Race Matter
  • 3. Pursuing Common Goals: Building Congruence between Race and Faith
  • 4. "Man, This Is Hard" : The Possibilities and Perils of Interracial Friendship
  • 5. Shifting Strategies : Going Ethnic-Specific
  • 6. When Race Goes on the Backburner: IVCF Loses Diversity
  • 7. When a Minority Is the Majority: Asian Americans in IVCF
  • 8. Renewing a Commitment : Realigning Values, Structures, and Practice
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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