Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education

by Demetri L. Morgan (Editor), Charles H.F. Davis III (Editor)

Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education presents a comprehensive, contemporary portrait of political engagement and student activism at postsecondary institutions in the United States. This resource explores how colleges and universities are experiencing unrest and in what ways broader sociopolitical conflicts are evident on-campus, ultimately unpacking the political dimensions of student engagement within campus climates. Chapter authors in this book critically synthesize relevant research, illuminate interdisciplinary perspectives, and interrogate how current issues of power and oppression shape participatory democracy and higher education at large. A go-to resource for researchers, faculty, administrators, and student affairs professionals, this text addresses the most intractable challenges facing society and its institutions of higher education.

Genres: Social Justice

256 pages, Hardcover

Published May 28, 2019

Reviews

[Paco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapters worth reading for applications to student activism are 1, 5, 9, and 11. Generally felt like these studies occupy an awkward middle ground of trying to be both polemic/personal/based on lived experience and also regular academic studies and failed at both.

[Frank]

I just couldn't trudge through the stodgy, academic language. It was like trying to stir cement with my eyeballs.