While higher education is still far from universal in the United States, it plays an increasingly large role in shaping our collective understanding of what kno

While higher education is still far from universal in the United States, it plays an increasingly large role in shaping our collective understanding of what kno

Beginning with the premise that a comprehensive understanding of American life must confront the issue of race, sociologist David Yamane explores efforts by stu

Winner of the Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History from the American Historical Association and the Benjamin Hooks National Book Award for Outstanding

Based on in-depth case-studies of curricular change processes at six colleges and universities across the United States, the book demonstrates that social movem