This volume brings together 10 essays by faculty, administrators, and student services professionals from the US and Canada, who discuss the development of cultural competence for students and
professionals in higher education. They include perspectives of undergraduate and graduate students and address aspects of leadership; the relationship between educational technology and the
roles of instructors, students, and administration in creating a university culture; balancing the rights of teacher candidates with disabilities with academic integrity; social justice and the
social construction of “cool” used to marginalize others in terms of class, race, ability, sexual orientation, and gender; the impact of self-knowledge on the ability to teach ethically;
challenging myths about poverty through cross-cultural experiences; teaching for social justice; engaging male college students as men and creating awareness of their privilege; cultural
competency development for new student affairs professionals; and developing multicultural competencies in pre-service teachers. Distributed by CRC Press, a Taylor & Francis Group.
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