Barriers Experienced by Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education Institutions
Resources collected by Yingjiu Nie
Barriers to achieving their full potential are multifaceted for students of color and other marginalized individuals in higher education institutions, particularly predominately white institutions. This Inclusive Excellence Toolbox explores these barriers experienced by a number of groups. Resources in various forms, such as books, articles published in scholarly journals and magazines, opinions of organizations, etc., are referenced. In addition to raising awareness of barriers, some resources also feature efforts and responses undertaken at the individual or organizational level to remove these barriers.
Books in General on Marginalized Individuals
Hiding from Myself: A Memoir by Bryan Christopher (Available on the CHBS Diversity Bookshelf)
Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability edited by Michelle Jarman, Leila Monaghan, and Alison Quaggin Harkin (Available on the CHBS Diversity Bookshelf)
https://search.lib.jmu.edu/permalink/01JMU_INST/1enspei/alma991016206819206271
Love Imagined: A Mixed Race Memoir by Sherry Quan Lee
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBridge
Resources in General on Marginalized Students:
Book:
Quaye, S. J., Harper, S. R., & Pendakur, S. L. (Eds.). (2020). Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations. (3rd Ed.). Routledge.
Website:
Meeting the Needs of Underserved Students. HigherEd today. https://www.higheredtoday.org/policy-research/student-support-success/meeting-needs-underserved-students/
Articles:
Bankds, T., & Dohy, J. (2019). Mitigating Barriers to Persistence: A Review of Efforts to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for Students of Color in Higher Education. Higher Education Studies, 9(1), 118-131.
Dulabaum, N. L. (2016, June). Barriers to academic success: A qualitative study of African American and Latino male students. Retrieved from https://www.league.org/innovation-showcase/barriers-academic-success-qualitative-study-african-american-and-latino-male
Flateland, S. M., Pryce-Miller, M., Skisland, A. V., Tønsberg, A. F., & Söderhamn, U. (2019). Exploring the experiences of being an ethnic minority student within undergraduate nurse education: a qualitative study. BMC nursing, 18, 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-019-0389-0 https://search.lib.jmu.edu/permalink/01JMU_INST/lvvpvt/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_f309daa1179b459abf15f961924a2859
Parrish, P., & Linder-VanBerschot, J.A. (2010). Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Addressing the Challenges of Multicultural Instruction. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 11, 1-19.
https://search.lib.jmu.edu/permalink/01JMU_INST/lvvpvt/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8074c96c22974895ac47533e5142288e
Omid Fotuhi. (2014, November 19). Understanding the Barriers to Success for Minority Students. The Evolllution. https://evolllution.com/opinions/audio-understanding-barriers-success-minority-students/
African American and Black Students:
Book Chapter: McLewis, C.C. (2021). The Limits of Choice: A Black Feminist Critique of College “Choice” Theories and Research. In: Perna L.W. (eds). Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 36. Springer, Cham.
Articles:
Brooms, D. R., Clark, J. S., & Druery, J. E. (2020). “We Can Redefine Ourselves”: Enhancing Black College Men’s Persistence Through Counterspaces. Journal of Black Studies,
https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934720976410
Brown, D. L., Rosnick, C. B., & Segrist, D. J. (2017). Internalized Racial Oppression and Higher Education Values: The Mediational Role of Academic Locus of Control Among College African American Men and Women. Journal of Black Psychology, 43(4), 358–380. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798416641865
JMU Library Link
Jaggers, D. L. (2020). Navigating White Spaces: Examining the Lived Experiences of Black Undergraduate Women Involved in Historically White Student Organizations. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education.
DOI: 10.1080/26379112.2020.1836648
JMU Library Link
Macke, C., Canfield, J., Tapp, K., & Hunn, V. (2019). Outcomes for Black Students in Team-Based Learning Courses. Journal of Black Studies, 50(1), 66–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934718810124
JMU Library Link
Preston, D. C. (2017). Untold Barriers for Black Students in Higher Education: Placing Race at the Center of Developmental Education. Atlanta, GA. Southern Education Foundation.
https://www.southerneducation.org/publications/untoldbarriers/
Asian Students:
Chan, E. (2020). Does diversity include me? Colorblindness and racial triangulation among Asian Americans on two college campuses. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43 (12), 2217-2235. DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1671598
JMU Library Link
Iftikar, J.S. & Museus, S.D. (2018). On the utility of Asian critical (AsianCrit) theory in the field of education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 31(10), 935-949. DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2018.1522008
JMU Library Link
Lee, S.J., Park, E., & Wong, J-H S. (2017). Racialization, Schooling, and Becoming American: Asian American Experiences, Educational Studies, 53 (5), 492-510, DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2016.1258360
JMU Library Link
First-Generation Students:
Falcon, L. (2015, June). Breaking down barriers: First-generation college students and college success. Retrieved from https://www.league.org/innovation-showcase/breaking-down-barriers-first-generation-college-students-and-college-success
Markowitz, T. (2017, August 8). The Barriers To Success And Upward Mobility For First Generation Students And How To Fix The Problem. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/troymarkowitz/2017/08/08/the-barriers-to-success-and-upward-mobility-for-first-generation-students-and-how-to-fix-the-problem/?sh=40db05b21cb3
Latinx/Hispanic Students:
Books:
Castellanos, J., Gloria, A. M., & Kamimura, M. (Eds). (2006). The Latina/o to the Ph.D.: Abriendo Caminos. Stylus Publishing.
JMU Library Link
Garrod, A., Kilkenny, R., & Gomez, C. (Eds). (2012). Mi Voz, Mi Vida: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories. Cornell University Press.
JMU Library Link
Articles:
Acevedo-Gil, N. (2019). College-going "Facultad": Latinx students anticipating postsecondary institutional obstacles, Journal of Latinos and Education, 18 (2), 107-125. DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2017.1371019
JMU Library Link
Crisp, G., Taggart, A., & Nora, A. (2015). Undergraduate Latina/o Students: A Systematic Review of Research Identifying Factors Contributing to Academic Success Outcomes. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 249–274. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654314551064
JMU Library Link
Quintana, C. (2020, January 6). More Latino students than ever are trying to get their degree, but it’s fraught and costly. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/01/06/more-hispanic-students-than-ever-go-college-but-cost-high/2520646001/
LGBTQ+ Students:
Books:
Howard, K., & Stevens, A. (Eds.). (2000). Out & about campus: Personal accounts by lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgendered college students. Los Angeles: Alyson Books.
JMU Library Link
Rankin, S., Weber, G., Blumenfeld, W. J., & Frazer, S. (2010). 2010 state of higher education for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people. Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/671236306
Articles:
BrckaLorenz, A., Duran, A., Fassett, K., & Palmer, D. (2019). The within-group differences in LGBQ+ college students’ belongingness, institutional commitment, and outness. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000135
JMU Library Link
Rankin, S., Garvey, J. C., & Duran, A. (2019). A retrospective of LGBT issues on US college campuses: 1990–2020. International Sociology, 34(4), 435–454. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580919851429
JMU Library Link
Native American Students
Books
Grande, S. (2015). Red pedagogy: Native American social and political thought. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Inc.
Shotton, H.J., Lowe, S.C., & Waterman, S.J. (Eds). (2013). Beyond the Asterisk: Understanding Native Students in Higher Education. Stylus Publishing.
Articles/Web Posts
Brayboy, B. McK. J., Solyom, J.A., & Castagno, A.E. (2015). Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education. Journal of American Indian Education, 54(1), 154–186. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/jamerindieduc.54.1.0154
JMU Library Link
West, C. (2021, September 30). 3 Native American women head to college in the pandemic. Will they get a sophomore year? The Hechinger Report. https://hechingerreport.org/3-native-american-women-head-to-college-in-the-pandemic-will-they-get-a-sophomore-year/
Fish, J., & Syed, M. (2018). Native Americans in Higher Education: An Ecological Systems Perspective. Journal of College Student Development 59(4), 387-403. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2018.0038.
JMU Library Link
Minthorn, R. S. (2020, January 28). Indigenous Perspectives on Native Student Challenges in Higher Education. Higher Education Today, American Council on Eduation. https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/01/28/indigenous-perspectives-native-student-challenges-higher-education/
Minthorn, R. S. (2020). Indigenous Students in Higher Education in the United States. Oxford Bibliographies in Education. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0245
Nelson, C. A. (2015). American Indian/Alaskan Natives in higher education fact sheet. Center for Policy Research and Strategy Post-Traditional Student Profiles. Washington, DC: American Council on Education. https://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Higher-Ed-Spotlight-American-Indians-and-Alaska-Natives-in-Undergraduate-Education.pdf
Postsecondary National Policy Institute. (2020, November 17). Native American Students in Higher Education. https://pnpi.org/native-american-students/
Scott, C. (2019, May 2). Student voices: Hearing and supporting native/indigenous students. The Education Trust. https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/student-voices-hearing-and-supporting-native-indigenous-students/
Websites
National Indian Education Association. https://www.niea.org/
Partnership with Native Americans. www.nativepartnership.org/
Students with Disabilities:
Abes, E.S., & Wallace, E.S. (2018). “People See Me, But They Don’t See Me”: An Intersectional Study of College Students With Physical Disabilities. Journal of College Student Development, 59, 545 - 562.
JMU Library Link
Abreu, M., Hillier, A., Frye, A., & Goldstein, J. (2016). Student Experiences Utilizing Disability Support Services in a University Setting. College student journal, 50, 323-328.
JMU Library Link
Burke, L. (2020, November 12). Disability as Diversity. Inside Higher ED. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/11/12/could-disability-be-further-included-diversity-efforts
Hong, B. S. (2015). Qualitative analysis of the barriers college students with disabilities experience in higher education. Journal of College Student Development,56(3), 209–226.
JMU Library Link
Undocumented Students:
Daftary, A-M H. (2020). Restrictions and Barriers Confronted by Mexican Americans with Unauthorized Immigrant Family Members. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 90(3), 181-205. DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2020.1715751
JMU Library Link
Bjorklund, P. (2018). Undocumented Students in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature, 2001 to 2016. Review of Educational Research, 88(5), 631–670. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654318783018
JMU Library Link
Faculty, Staff, & Administrators:
Books:
Matthew, P. A. (Ed). (2016). Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure. University of North Carolina Press.
JMU Library Link
Mitchell, P. A. (Ed.). (2017). African American Males in Higher Education Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
JMU Library Link
Niemann, Y. F., González, G. G., & Muhs, G. G. y. (Eds). (2020). Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Academia. Utah State University Press.
JMU Library Link
Whitaker, M.C., & Grollman, E.A. (Eds.). (2018). Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429465505
JMU Library Link
Articles:
Cleveland, D. R., Sailes, D. J., Gilliam, D. E., & Watts, J. (2018). A Theoretical Focus on Cultural Taxation: Who Pays for It in Higher Education. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.510.5293
Hsieh, B., & Nguyen, H. T. (2020). Coalitional Resistance: Challenging Racialized and Gendered Oppression in Teacher Education. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487120960371
JMU Library Link
Rideau, R. (2019). “We're just not acknowledged”: An examination of the identity taxation of full-time non-tenure-track Women of Color faculty members. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000139
JMU Library Link
Settles, I. H., Jones, M. K., Buchanan, N. T., & Dotson, K. (2020). Epistemic exclusion: Scholar(ly) devaluation that marginalizes faculty of color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000174
JMU Library Link
Townsend, C. V. (2020). Identity politics: Why African American women are missing in administrative leadership in public higher education. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143220935455
JMU Library Link
Wolfe, B. L., & Dilworth, P. P. (2015). Transitioning Normalcy: Organizational Culture, African American Administrators, and Diversity Leadership in Higher Education. Review of Educational Research, 85(4), 667–697. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654314565667
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