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of underrepresented faculty or the contentious campus climate of students may be less important than building a public fac xade of racial progress. This should be considered in the context of rising tuition, reliance on alumni dollars, and the role of external political actors on campus-especially in the realm of university affiliated centers, think tanks, and board of trustees influence. Diversity is treated as a given category in this text, rather than a social construction that emerges out of attacks on desegregation and racial compensatory programs as a result of the Regents of University of California v. Bakke Supreme Court decision. This specific historical development could have provided more context to the contemporary limitations of diversity rhetoric and practice on campuses. Additionally, while the authors apply their arguments to a wide range of institution types, the text implicitly focuses on selective public and private institutions. Attention to the ways that less selective institutions as well as Historically Black Colleges, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges are also engaging with diversity frameworks would have been illuminating. These are the ins

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Author

Sonia Bookman

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences