Youth Movements, Black Lives Matter, and College Campuses
When I organized hip hop-related events in conjunction with my Language and Culture of Hip Hop class, I was struck by the reactions of African-American students who attended. As I noted in Chapter 5, one student told me, “This is the best cultural event I
- PDF / 8,309,998 Bytes
- 106 Pages / 612 x 792 pts (letter) Page_size
- 82 Downloads / 240 Views
Readiness Realities Struggles and Successes During the Transition to College
Pamela W. Hollander Worcester State University, USA
A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN: 978-94-6300-936-2 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-937-9 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-938-6 (e-book)
Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/
Printed on acid-free paper
All Rights Reserved © 2017 Sense Publishers No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgmentsvii Chapter 1: Introduction
1
Chapter 2: Identities Welcome and Unwelcome In College What Identities Does College Favor? Chapter 3: Prerequisites for College-Level Work
15 20 23
Prerequisites: “Ways of Being” and “Habits of Mind” 28 Prerequisites: Academic Knowledge, Skills, and Strategies 31 Conclusion36 Chapter 4: Talking a Good Game vs. Having a Real Plan
39
Chapter 5: The Role of “Safehouses” in the College Experience
47
Doing College-Style Work on Hip Hop 53 Doing Hip Hop Style Work on College (and the World Outside College)54 Hip Hop Happenings 56 Chapter 6: Making Connections: Intertextuality
61
Chapter 7: Students Find Their People: Making a Place for Oneself through Clubs and Activities
69
Chapter 8: Youth Movements, Black Lives Matter, and College Campuses77 Black Lives Matter: Impact on Student Activists 82 Hope within Youth Activism 83 Conclusion85 Chapter 9: Preparing for Love: Implications for Conceptions of College Readiness
87
Epilogue97
v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, I want to thank my students, who are at the center of this book project, and who have taught me so much over the past twenty years. I am honored to have been a part of the lives of so many students who are experiencing one of life’s exciting transitions. My students have kept me up to date and in touch through the years with technological and popular culture developments. I owe gratitude to a large number of colleagues, professional contacts and friends, who supported me as I wrote this book. I want to thank my colleagues in the Education Department at Worcester State: Raynold Lewis, Sue Foo, Carol Donnelly, Sharon Corey, Charity Duncan, Christina Bebas, Kathryn Bettley, Margaret Bouchard, Jessica Bristol, Nancy Caruso, Caroline Chiccarelli, Diane Cooke, Douglas Dawson, Bill Downey, Denise Foley, Susan Monaghan, Margarita Perez, Jill Samia, Elaine Tateronis, Audrey Wright, Kirby Wycoff, and Sara Young. I want to say a special thanks to Gary Hagenbuch for conversations early in the process of writing. I want to thank my colleagues in the Alternatives for Individual Developmen
Data Loading...
