“Coalition of the Willing”: Promoting Antiracism Through Empowering Community College Campus Members

IF 1.7 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Bryan K. Hotchkins, Jon Mcnaughtan, Jarett Lujan
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Objective/Research Question: Critical race theory (CRT) was used with a basic qualitative study to interrogate how racism unfolds at community colleges and how Black community college presidents enact antiracism. The purpose of this study is to enhance understandings about how community college presidents of African descent construct antiracism, how those definitions are communicated, and the rationale for creating opportunities to disrupt racism within predominantly White campus environments. Methods: Six presidents participated in three semi-structured interviews lasting approximately 75-minutes each. The sample included three men and three women. Interviews focused on institutional communications about racial tensions concerning how presidents’ identities (e.g., race and gender) influenced decision making with campus stakeholders and presidential roles in defining and enacting antiracism. Results: Three themes emerged including how Accountability matters, the need for Space creators, and importance of developing Student “critical” mass. Participants discussed how they created spaces and utilized cultural capital networks to advance campus diversity agendas to benefit their institutions. Presidents posited that although community college leaders were likely motivated to participate in anti-racist practices due to the bettering of institutional image, decisive work needed to be done despite knowing endemic racism occurs in perpetuity. Conclusions/Contributions: This study highlights the need for enhanced training of presidents about how to conceptualize and engage campus racism. Additionally, presidents posited that the majority of students on their campuses were ready to engage in antiracism leadership activism, but they needed training to be empowered to develop anti-racist programs and practices. Finally, institutions need to develop stronger and more systematic ways to call out racism and promote anti-racist programing and practices.
“自愿联盟”:通过赋予社区大学校园成员权力来促进反种族主义
目的/研究问题:运用批判性种族理论(CRT)和一项基本的定性研究来探讨种族主义如何在社区大学中展开,以及黑人社区大学校长如何制定反种族主义政策。本研究的目的是加强对非洲裔社区大学校长如何构建反种族主义的理解,这些定义是如何传达的,以及在白人占主导地位的校园环境中创造机会破坏种族主义的基本原理。方法:六位总统参加了三次半结构化访谈,每次约75分钟。样本包括三名男性和三名女性。访谈的重点是关于校长身份(如种族和性别)如何影响校园利益相关者的决策以及校长在定义和实施反种族主义方面的角色的种族紧张关系的机构沟通。结果:出现了三个主题,包括问责制的重要性、对空间创造者的需求以及培养学生“临界”质量的重要性。与会者讨论了他们如何创造空间和利用文化资本网络来推进校园多样性议程,使他们的机构受益。校长们认为,虽然社区学院的领导可能会因为机构形象的改善而积极参与反种族主义活动,但尽管知道地方性的种族主义永远存在,但仍需要做决定性的工作。结论/贡献:本研究强调需要加强对校长的培训,了解如何概念化和参与校园种族主义。此外,校长们认为,他们校园里的大多数学生已经准备好参与反种族主义的领导活动,但他们需要接受培训,才能有能力制定反种族主义的计划和实践。最后,各机构需要制定更有力和更系统的方式来揭露种族主义,并促进反种族主义的规划和做法。
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Community College Review
Community College Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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2.40
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7.70%
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22
期刊介绍: The Community College Review (CCR) has led the nation for over 35 years in the publication of scholarly, peer-reviewed research and commentary on community colleges. CCR welcomes manuscripts dealing with all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions. All submitted manuscripts undergo a blind review. When manuscripts are not accepted for publication, we offer suggestions for how they might be revised. The ultimate intent is to further discourse about community colleges, their students, and the educators and administrators who work within these institutions.
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