Student Activism in the Academy:Its Struggles and Promise (Culture and Society in Higher Education)

by: Joseph L. DeVitis (Editor),Pietro Sasso (Editor)

Publisher: Myers Education Press

Publication Date: 2019/2/28

Language: English

Print Length: 240 pages

ISBN-10: 1975500350

ISBN-13: 9781975500351

Book Description

Student Activism in the Academy:Its Struggles and Promise is a wide-ranging, provocative survey of student activism in America’s colleges and universities that critically analyzes the contentious problems and progress of a movement that has stirred public reaction in and out of academe. Its fundamental purpose is to engage diverse publics in both reasoned and passionate reflection and soul searching on vital issues that surround campus protest, including:strategies for student activismthe role of social media and technology legal questions on campus speechthe dilemmas of political correctness generational differences among student activistsand various forms of student protest related to race, class, gender, and disabilities.Administrators, faculty, students, and student life personnel in higher education―indeed, all those interested in today’s colleges and universities--will want to participate in the timely and productive dialogue within these pages.

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Student Activism in the Academy:Its Struggles and Promise is a wide-ranging, provocative survey of student activism in America’s colleges and universities that critically analyzes the contentious problems and progress of a movement that has stirred public reaction in and out of academe. Its fundamental purpose is to engage diverse publics in both reasoned and passionate reflection and soul searching on vital issues that surround campus protest, including:strategies for student activismthe role of social media and technology legal questions on campus speechthe dilemmas of political correctness generational differences among student activistsand various forms of student protest related to race, class, gender, and disabilities.Administrators, faculty, students, and student life personnel in higher education―indeed, all those interested in today’s colleges and universities--will want to participate in the timely and productive dialogue within these pages.