Debatable Diversity Critical Dialogues on Change in American Universities

by Padilla, Raymond V.; Montiel, Miguel

• ISBN13: 9780847687305
• ISBN10: 0847687309
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-12
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this timely and thought-provoking book, the authors engage each other and the reader in an ongoing dialogue questioning the purpose and role of the contemporary university as bureaucratic, corporate, and diversified.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii	(10)
Preface	xxiii	(8)
Acknowledgments	xxxi	(2)
Series Editor's Foreword	xxxiii
Chapter 1 Constructing this Book	1	(10)
Are We Lost?	2	(1)
Defining Moments	3	(2)
Plans, Politics, and Power	5	(3)
Academic Fragmentation and Gamesmanship	8	(1)
A Postmodernist Book on Public Policy	8	(3)
Chapter 2 Social Justice and Idealism	11	(12)
The Demand for Social Justice	11	(3)
The Racist Boundary	14	(1)
Idealism as Resistance	15	(3)
The Legacy of Las Casas	18	(1)
Outside of Anglo History	19	(4)
Chapter 3 University Autonomy	23	(16)
The Appointment of a Latino Dean	23	(1)
Johnson's Legacy	24	(1)
A Routine Search	25	(1)
"When the Mess Started"	26	(2)
A Confrontation of Wills and Politics	28	(1)
An Anonymous Document	29	(1)
The Failure of Self-Regulation	30	(2)
NASW Was Offended	32	(1)
The Appeal	32	(2)
Rifts among the Faculty	34	(2)
Who Governs the University?	36	(3)
Chapter 4 The Rationalist Turn	39	(22)
The Trip to Flagstaff	39	(1)
The Roots of Our Problems	39	(1)
Caught in a Time Warp	40	(2)
Shouting Matches	42	(1)
It's about Jobs	43	(2)
Un Pinto as Mentor	45	(2)
A Simple Agenda	47	(1)
Agreement to Some Extent	48	(1)
Two Examples	49	(1)
The Imposition of Will	50	(1)
What Happened to Dialogue?	51	(1)
Cosmologists, Toilets, and Fools	52	(1)
A Simple Strategy	53	(1)
Qualifying Two Potential Players	54	(3)
The Importance of Following Up	57	(1)
Montiel's Lament	58	(1)
Montiel's Conjecture about Change	58	(3)
Chapter 5 Change From the Top Down	61	(38)
The Arizona Board of Regents' Policy on Minority Affairs	61	(1)
The Locus of Change	61	(1)
Minorities Speak	62	(1)
The Solutions Proposed	63	(1)
The Minority Critique	64	(3)
The Presidents' Response to the Regents	67	(1)
Two Key Recommendations	68	(1)
The Social Responsibilities of the University	69	(2)
The Fragmentation of the University	71	(1)
The Office of Minority Affairs	72	(3)
The Strategy of Infusion	75	(1)
Advice vs. Advocacy	76	(3)
The Lack of Political Leverage	79	(1)
The Complexities of University Administration	80	(1)
The Diffusion of Authority	81	(1)
The Turnover of Administrators	82	(2)
Career Choices vs. Policy Choices	84	(3)
Institutional Amnesia	87	(1)
The Disruptiveness of Transitions	87	(1)
Faculty Are Not Rooted in the Local Community	88	(1)
Developing People with Souls	89	(1)
The Need to Change Values	90	(1)
Failing the Community	91	(2)
Deconstructing the University's Rhetoric	93	(1)
Critique and Political Muscle	94	(2)
A Lesson Learned	96	(3)
Chapter 6 Change From the Bottom Up	99	(22)
The AACHE Plan for Chicano Higher Education in Arizona	99	(1)
Perspectives on Higher Education	100	(1)
Freire's Legacy	101	(2)
Changing Ourselves	103	(1)
Critiquing the Results	104	(2)
Romano's Legacy	106	(1)
Surplus Labor	106	(1)
The Democratization of Knowledge	107	(1)
Legitimizing Our Knowledge	108	(1)
Ideas and Politics	108	(1)
Participation and Consensus	109	(1)
Critique of Affirmative Action	110	(1)
Elusive Success	110	(3)
Getting Organized	113	(2)
AACHE's Failure	115	(1)
Aversive Ethnicity	116	(1)
Who Is Speaking for Whom?	117	(1)
The University's Responses	118	(3)
Chapter 7 On Rainbows and Coalitions	121	(28)
The Minority Advisory Council	121	(1)
The Meaning of Recommendation Twenty-five	121	(2)
The Rules of Engagement	123	(3)
An Offer the University Could Refuse	126	(2)
The Superstructure of Black and White Relations	128	(2)
The Rule of Proportionality	130	(1)
A Difference in Political Clout	131	(3)
Putting a Black in Charge	134	(2)
Subtle Politics	136	(1)
It's Risky Betting on Rainbows	137	(1)
No Room for Whites	138	(1)
The Council's Accomplishments	139	(2)
A Workable Strategy	141	(3)
The University's Response	144	(5)
Chapter 8 Intellectual Space	149	(28)
Getting People Involved	149	(3)
Testing the New Vice President	152	(1)
Testing Ourselves	152	(1)
A Recalcitrant President	153	(1)
Critique of Chicano Studies	154	(1)
Implementing Strategy	154	(1)
Difficulties with Tenure	155	(1)
Turning Liabilities into Advantages	156	(1)
No Support	157	(1)
Forming a Technical Team	157	(1)
The Noxious in the Innocuous	158	(1)
Intellectual Displaying	159	(1)
No Room at the Inn	160	(1)
Horse Trading in the Legislature	161	(1)
Avoiding Little Mistakes	162	(2)
Struggling with Ourselves	164	(1)
Avoiding a Sham Program	165	(1)
Extraordinary Self-Consciousness	166	(1)
Feet to the Fire	167	(1)
Faculty Criticisms	168	(1)
Extravagant Use of Time	168	(1)
The Dog That Caught the Volkswagen	169	(1)
Doing Things Sideways	170	(1)
A License to Root Around	171	(1)
Tiny Footholds of Power	172	(1)
Finding a Director	172	(1)
Chicanos Had Bailed Out	173	(1)
Padilla's Candidacy	174	(1)
Avoiding the Dean's Trap	175	(2)
Chapter 9 The Elusive Community of Scholars	177	(30)
Creating an Intellectual Space	177	(1)
Quality and Presence	178	(2)
Reviving the Community of Scholars	180	(3)
The Role of Community Influentials	183	(2)
The Role of Campus Administrators	185	(1)
The Advantages of Ambiguity	186	(1)
The Influence of College Deans	187	(3)
The Influence of Vice Presidents	190	(2)
The Power to Leverage	192	(2)
Not a Community of Scholars	194	(4)
The Gender Issue	198	(3)
The Importance of Reciprocity	201	(1)
The Lack of Civility	202	(1)
The Importance of Chicana Leadership	203	(1)
Future Work	204	(3)
Chapter 10 All for Some and Some for All	207	(30)
The Ineffectiveness of Individual Action	209	(1)
Knowledge as Power	210	(2)
The Reconstitution of Chicano Knowledge	212	(2)
The Power to Communicate	214	(1)
Communicating through Action	215	(1)
A Legacy of Hierarchy	216	(1)
The Effectiveness of Volunteer Groups	217	(3)
The Limits of Confrontation	220	(1)
The Politics of Justification	221	(1)
Shaping a Group Agenda	222	(2)
The Development of Leadership	224	(2)
The Dilemma of Leadership	226	(2)
Chaos and the Uncontrollable	228	(1)
Revising the Action Plan	229	(1)
The Importance of Courage and Responsibility	230	(7)
Chapter 11 Epi(dia)logue	237	(20)
Reader Comments	237	(16)
Coda: On Social Change	253	(4)
Glossary	257	(2)
References	259	(6)
Index	265	(6)
About the Authors	271