scholarly journals A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Fairlie ◽  
Florian Hoffmann ◽  
Philip Oreopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
College Instructor

scholarly journals A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 2567-2591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Fairlie ◽  
Florian Hoffmann ◽  
Philip Oreopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Degree Completion ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Underrepresented Minority Students ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Grade Performance ◽  
College Instructor

Administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if underrepresented minority students benefit from taking courses with underrepresented minority instructors. To identify racial interactions, we estimate models that include both student and classroom fixed effects and focus on students with limited choice in courses. We find that the performance gap in terms of class dropout rates and grade performance between white and underrepresented minority students falls by 20 to 50 percent when taught by an underrepresented minority instructor. We also find these interactions affect longer-term outcomes such as subsequent course selection, retention, and degree completion. (JEL I23, J15, J44)

Engaging Inclusive Excellence

2017 ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
Elena Sandoval-Lucero ◽  
Tamara D. White ◽  
Derrick E. Haynes ◽  
Quill Phillips ◽  
Javon D. Brame ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community College ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Education Community ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Inclusive Excellence ◽  
Campus Initiatives

It is the role of community college leaders to guide their campuses in assessing outcomes for students. Additionally, the diversity of our students requires institutions to significantly improve their effectiveness in educating students who have been underrepresented in higher education. Community colleges must more systematically examine their practice in terms of how students experience the campus and how we can intervene to improve student outcomes. Campus initiatives promoting cultural competence, equity, and social justice cannot be delivered to students in isolation. Faculty and staff diversity must increase, and employees must engage in self-reflection to examine their own assumptions and have courageous conversations about race and ethnicity in higher education. The impetus for these initiatives must come from leadership and be articulated at all levels of the organization. This chapter describes the process used to raise cultural awareness, increase cultural competence, and create an equity mindset at a community college.

Confronting Identity: The Community College Instructor

1972 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 581
Author(s):  
Richard C. Richardson ◽  
Arthur M. Cohen ◽  
Florence B. Brawer
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College Instructor

The Successful Community College Instructor: A Profile for Recruitment

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Steven Higgins ◽  
Elizabeth M. Hawthorne ◽  
Jane A. Cape ◽  
Laurie Bell
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College Instructor

Engaging Inclusive Excellence

2017 ◽  
pp. 304-324
Author(s):  
Elena Sandoval-Lucero ◽  
Tamara D. White ◽  
Derrick E. Haynes ◽  
Quill Phillips ◽  
Javon D. Brame ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community College ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Education Community ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Inclusive Excellence ◽  
Campus Initiatives

It is the role of community college leaders to guide their campuses in assessing outcomes for students. Additionally, the diversity of our students requires institutions to significantly improve their effectiveness in educating students who have been underrepresented in higher education. Community colleges must more systematically examine their practice in terms of how students experience the campus and how we can intervene to improve student outcomes. Campus initiatives promoting cultural competence, equity, and social justice cannot be delivered to students in isolation. Faculty and staff diversity must increase, and employees must engage in self-reflection to examine their own assumptions and have courageous conversations about race and ethnicity in higher education. The impetus for these initiatives must come from leadership and be articulated at all levels of the organization. This chapter describes the process used to raise cultural awareness, increase cultural competence, and create an equity mindset at a community college.

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