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The Intercultural Campus: Transcending Culture & Power in American Higher Educationreviewed by Lorri Santamaría - 2005 Title: The Intercultural Campus: Transcending Culture & Power in American Higher Education Author(s): Greg Tanaka Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, New York ISBN: 0820441503, Pages: 217, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com In his most recent contribution to education related discourse
on ethnicity, culture, and power in the
United
States
, Greg Tanaka departs from traditional notions of multiculturalism
and instead proposes the beginnings of an intercultural movement
initiated by college and university campuses. The author asserts
that as a nation post 9/11, Americans have come to realize we are
not prepared to comprehend, process, or manage our country’s
internal racial and ethnic diversity. One result of this reality,
he continues, is our inability to know our real purpose and place
in history, which Tanaka proposes can be achieved by placing
leadership responsibility and diversity centered reparation in the
hands of academia. This comprehensive review presents the
author’s theoretical perspective, methodology, and a model
for moving toward intercultural institutions of higher learning,
including a brief critique on the notion of model building, and
audience recommendations.
Whether or not intended by Tanaka, critical theory perspectives
are interwoven throughout this volume, especially those of
educational critical race theory... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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