EDUC 1990 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Eurocentrism, Critical Role, Student Engagement
12 Mar 2021
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Engagement opportunities do not serve all racial groups equally. Students of color face disparities in access to some engagement opportunities. Student engagement discourse is often framed in a one size fits all way. This way of engagement ignores knowledge generated from communities of color. Campus racial climate: current perceptions, attitudes, and expectations that define the institution and its members. Malleable in nature- so change can happen quick but can also be taken away quickly so solutions must be comprehensive and long term. Campus racial climate: the current attitudes, perceptions and expectations within an institutional community about issues of race, ethnicity and diversity. Hostile campus racial climates can negatively influence interactions of students of color with other community members. Created by internal and external factors (government policies and sociohistorical contexts). Based on the notion that predominantly white institutions are founded on deeply embedded eurocentric values and beliefs that shape norms and behaviors (example is individualistic vs collectivist culture).
