Behind the Open Door: Racism and Other Contradictions in the Community College - Softcover

Moore, William

 
9781412084543: Behind the Open Door: Racism and Other Contradictions in the Community College

Synopsis

Who decides who gets the job? Discrimination is alive and well in the community college. It's still a "good old boy" system. Race is a difference that makes a difference.

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About the Author

William Moore is A.M. Aiken Regents Chair in Community College Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. He was formerly the William G. Fletcher Professor of Educational Administrative at The Ohio State University. Administrative positions he has held include President of Seattle Community College, Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of the District of Columbia, Associate Dean of Continuing Education at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis Missouri, and principal in St. Louis public schools. His educational career began as a kindergarten teacher, and he has since taught at every level of education - public schools, community college and university. Other books by the author include: "The Vertical Ghetto," "Against the Odds," "Blind Man on the Freeway," and "Black Educators in White Colleges" (co-authored with Lonnie H. Wagstaff).

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