{"product_id":"an-inclusive-academy-achieving-diversity-and-excellence-paperback","title":"An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbigail J. Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Valian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow colleges and universities can live up to their ideals of diversity, and why inclusivity and excellence go hand in hand.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost colleges and universities embrace the ideals of diversity and inclusion, but many fall short, especially in the hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty who would more fully represent our diverse world--in particular women and people of color. In this book, Abigail Stewart and Virginia Valian argue that diversity and excellence go hand in hand and provide guidance for achieving both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStewart and Valian, themselves senior academics, support their argument with comprehensive data from a range of disciplines. They show why merit is often overlooked; they offer statistics and examples of individual experiences of exclusion, such as being left out of crucial meetings; and they outline institutional practices that keep exclusion invisible, including reliance on proxies for excellence, such as prestige, that disadvantage outstanding candidates who are not members of the white male majority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps most important, Stewart and Valian provide practical advice for overcoming obstacles to inclusion. This advice is based on their experiences at their own universities, their consultations with faculty and administrators at many other institutions, and data on institutional change. Stewart and Valian offer recommendations for changing structures and practices so that people become successful in ways that benefit everyone. They describe better ways of searching for job candidates; evaluating candidates for hiring, tenure, and promotion; helping faculty succeed; and broadening rewards and recognition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbigail Stewart is Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Feminism: Parallel Trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences.\u003c\/i\u003e Virginia Valian is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhy So Slow: The Advancement of Women\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAn Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence\u003c\/i\u003e (both published by the MIT Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765939929376,"sku":"9780262545266","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bd545e348c60ebf0d178591f612ff57e.webp?v=1780283087","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-inclusive-academy-achieving-diversity-and-excellence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}