Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions

by Gasman, Marybeth; Baez, Benjamin; Turner, Caroline Sotello Viernes

• ISBN13: 9780791473597
• ISBN10: 0791473597
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-06
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

"Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions explores these important institutions while also highlighting their interconnectedness, with the hope of sparking collaboration among the various types. Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) enroll and graduate the majority of students of color in the United States and traditionally include historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges, and more recently Asian American- and Pacific Islander-serving institutions. The book's contributors focus on several issues, including institutional mission, faculty governance, student engagement, social justice, federal policy, and accreditation. They critically analyze the scholarship on MSIs, not only describing the existing research and stressing what is missing, but also providing new lines of thought for additional research."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
The Foundations of Minority-Serving Institutions
On Minority-Serving Institutions	p. 3
Minority-Serving Institutions: A Historical Backdrop	p. 18
Minority-Serving Institutions: Selected Institutional and Student Characteristics	p. 28
Shall I Compare Thee? Reflections on Naming and Power	p. 43
Context-Specific Trends and Challenges
Arguing for a Different View: Deaf-Serving Institutions as Minority-Serving	p. 57
Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Closeted Identity and the Production of Equitable Outcomes for Latino/a Students	p. 71
Tribal Colleges and Universities: Identity, Invisibility, and Current Issues	p. 91
Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions: Historical Perspectives and Future Prospects	p. 111
[actual symbol not reproducible]Donde Estan los Hombres?: Examining Success of Latino Male Students at Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges	p. 127
Another Side of the Percent Plan Story: Latino Enrollment in the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Sector in California and Texas	p. 141
Faculty Development at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Current Priorities and Future Directions	p. 156
Groundwork for Studying Governance at Historically Black Colleges and Universities	p. 169
HBCU's Institutional Advantage: Returns to Teacher Education	p. 183
Interconnections and Common Issues
Social Justice at Historically Black and Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Mission Statements and Administrative Voices	p. 203
Student Engagement and Student Success at Historically Black and Hispanic-Serving Institutions	p. 217
Teaching Latino, African American, and Native American Undergraduates: Faculty Attitudes, Conditions, and Practices	p. 237
Considering the Federal Classification of Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities	p. 257
Coalition Formation Among Minority-Serving Institutions	p. 269
The Adversity of Diversity; Regional, Associations and the Accreditation of Minority-Serving Institutions	p. 292
Index	p. 323
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