Now this is an exemplary University President

Now this is an exemplary University President who is doing something about how the stratification structure in the larger society is replicated on our college campuses.Today, we still need to transform our colleges and universities to meet the demographic transformations occurring in the communities around our campuses. There are many inequalities on our campuses – and many of our colleges and universities are stratified much like the larger society. Our colleges still need to embrace community engagement on our campuses – particularly when it involves changing those inequalities – everything from admission policies that are obstacles to the recruitment of underrepresented students to ensuring good wages and benefits for workers of color who are usually the ones who cut the lawns, clean the dorms, put the food on the table in the dining halls, and who maintain the college facilities.

See article.

This entry was posted in News, Uncategorized on by .

About Jose Calderon

Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College, Past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley, and a community-based sociologist, educator, author, and organizer.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *