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The challenge for higher education: Retaining students of color
Author(s) -
McNairy Francine G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.37119967403
Subject(s) - curriculum , higher education , power (physics) , focus (optics) , psychology , public relations , pedagogy , sociology , medical education , political science , medicine , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , law
The challenge in retaining students of color is to refrain from „‘fixing’ the student” and to focus on institutional change reflecting a commitment to examine and, when appropriate, revise policies, power relationships, curriculum, support services, campus climate, and environment.