1st Edition

Law and Social Justice in Higher Education

By Crystal Renée Chambers Copyright 2017
    316 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    316 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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 discusses undergraduate students' histories of inclusion and struggles for social justice in higher education by race, sex, social class, dis/ability, 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 to guide readers at the beginning of each chapter.
    • End-of-chapter questions provide prompts for discussion and encourage student interactivity.

    Contents
    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

    Biography

    Crystal Renée Chambers is Associate Professor of Higher Educational Leadership at East Carolina University, USA.

    "Law and Social Justice in Higher Education explores the juxtaposition between law and society in higher education with an emphasis on the evolution of social justice both as a political concept and as a transformative resource.  This book’s exploration of the experiences of particular sectors of society--especially minorities, women, and people with disabilities-- significantly contributes to both the scholarship of social justice and the responsibilities of higher education to motivate and foster change."

    -Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO, American Indian College Fund

    "Chambers’ Law and Social Justice in Higher Education contributes substantially to the field of higher education and to critical discourses that address underlying challenges of race, gender, and class disparity in America and its colleges and universities. Reading this compelling book reminds me why I agreed to start this book series on core issues in higher education."

    -From the Series Editor Introduction by Edward P. St. John, Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan