Library Guides: Diversity & Inclusivity in Higher Education: A Guide: Race and Diversity on Campus

Diversity at Tulane

Timeline of Events
Campus Resources

During the Fall 2015 semester, racist comments were made on the social media site Yik Yak, prompting a response from Tulane's President Fitts. This timeline of events outlines what took place.

Nov.13, 2015. Letter to the Tulane Community from President Michael Fitts.
Nov.18, 2015. Faith Dawson. "Hundreds gather for 'Call for Unity.'" Tulane New Wave.
Nov. 19, 2015. "Black students, allies demand racial equality." The Tulane Hullaballoo.
Nov. 2015. Letter to President Michael Fitts & Tulane University Administration. Tulane Black Student Union's List of Demands.
Jan.11, 2016. Letter to the Tulane Community from President Michael Fitts.
Jan. 19, 2016. WWL. Tulane holds meeting about racial issues on Campus.
Jan. 20, 2016. Carol J. Schlueter. 'That’s how we get a more equitable university.’ Tulane New Wave.
Mar. 17, 2016. #moreTUdo — Concerned Collective of Tulane Students Press Release.

Race and Diversity in Higher Education

Affirmative Action.” Issues & Controversies. Infobase Learning, 29 July 2013.
Addresses the question "Are affirmative action programs necessary to make up for past discrimination?" using a pro/con approach.
Bridging the Research to Practice Gap: Achieving Mission-Driven Diversity and Inclusion Goals
Aims to help institutions of higher education learn from and leverage existing research to enhance their ability to meet mission-driven diversity and inclusion goals through well-supported policies and practices.
Campus Racial Incidents (Journal of Blacks in Higher Education)
Links to reports of racial incidents on campuses across the U.S.
Carnevale, A. P., & Strohl, J. (2013). Separate and unequal: How Higher education reinforces the intergenerational reproduction of White racial privilege. Washington DC: Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University.
Report finds that the higher education system is more and more complicit as a passive agent in the systematic reproduction of white racial privilege across generations.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusive Excellence (AAC&U)
Resources include campus models, case studies, and tools.
Diversity in Academe: First-Generation Students
Chronicle of Higher Ed., Special Report, May 18, 2015
Diversity in Academe: Transgender on Campus
Chronicle of Higher Ed. Special Report. Oct. 18, 2015
How Some Would Level the Playing Field: Free Harvard Degrees"
Sauljan, S., New York TimesJan. 14, 2016. Get access to New York Times.
Political Correctness on College Campus, (Issues & Controversies)
Addresses the question "Should colleges strive for political correctness?" in a Pro/Con format.
Racism on Campus: Stories From New York Times Readers, Nov. 17, 2015
Students Are Protesting Racism on College Campuses. What Are Their Demands?
Chronicle of Higher Ed., Nov. 16, 2015

Challenging Racism in Higher Education by Mark A. Chesler, Amanda Lewis amd James Crowfoot
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks LC212.42 .C54 2005 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005
College Admissions (part of the Current Controversies series) by Dedria Bryfonski, editor
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks LB2351.2 .C596 2015 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: Greenhaven Press, 2015
Dude, You're a Fag by C. J. Pascoe
Call Number: ONLINE
Publication Date: 2007
Ebony and Ivy by Craig Steven Wilder
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks LC212.42 .W53 2013 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press, 2013
Experiencing Racism by Richard Seltzer and Nicole E. Johnson, editors
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks LC212.2 .S45 2009 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: Lexington Books, 2009
Transforming the ivory tower : challenging racism, sexism, and homophobia in the academy by Brett C. Stockdill and Mary Yu Danico, editors
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks LC212.42 .T73 2012 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: University of Hawaiʻi Pres,s 2012

Microaggressions

Students See Many Slights as Racial ‘Microaggressions’
By Tanzina Vega, New York Times, March 21, 2014

Microaggressions in Everyday Life by Derald Wing Sue
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks BF575.A3 S88 2010 - 4th Floor
Publication Date: Wiley, 2010
That's So Gay! : microaggressions and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community by Kevin L. Nadal
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks HQ73 .N24 2013 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: American Psychological Association, 2013
Microaggressions and Marginality by Derald Wing Sue
Call Number: Howard-Tilton Stacks BF575.A3 M445 2010 - 4th Floor
Publication Date: Wiley, 2010