Full Description
This book is a collection of essays about urban community college leaders' experiences during the COVID-19 era and racial injustice protests of 2020. The result is a wide range of content from political commentary to leadership advice—all through the unique perspectives of African Americans leading some of the country's biggest educational institutions with the greatest potential for redressing a system of "interlocking injustices" that has evolved and persisted for more than 400 years. While our institutions and constituencies were disproportionately impacted by these events, we believe that urban community colleges are also at the forefront of transformative solutions for the underlying social-equity issues that are most pronounced in the nation's biggest cities.
Contents
Foreword by Cornel West
Urban community colleges redefined for greater social impact
Preface
A lament of hope and conscience
CHAPTER 1: THE SHADOWS OVER URBAN COMMUNITIES
Curtis L. Ivery, chancellor, Wayne County Community College District
CHAPTER 2: A CLARION CALL
Beverly Walker-Griffea, president, Mott Community College
CHAPTER 3: TOWARD HEALING AND RECONCILIATION: SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION
Kojo Quartey, president, Monroe County Community College
CHAPTER 4: EMBEDDED RACISM AND THE AMERICAN PSYCHE
Donald Generals, president, Community College of Philadelphia
CHAPTER 5: THE COVID-19 ERA AND RACIAL INJUSTICE PROTESTS
Quintin Bullock, president, Community College of Allegheny County
CHAPTER 6: LEADING THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL TSUNAMI
Kimberly Beatty, chancellor, Metropolitan Community College
CHAPTER 7: OPTIMIZING THE URBAN HIGHER EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM
Christine Johnson McPhail, president, St. Augustine's University
CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSIONSAND REFLECTIONS
Curtis L. Ivery and Christine Johnson McPhail (editors)
