“Checking Off” the “Race” Box: Reifying the Margin/Center Divide

• In Event: Affirmative Action Perspectives: Blurring the Margin/Center Divide: Methodological, Theoretical, and Practical Implications for Research

Abstract

This presentation uses qualitative interviews of higher education faculty and P-12 school principals to interrogate ways to break down the “us versus them” divide in collaborations with urban schools. This research questions the ways that “diverse” P-12 schools become means for higher education institutional needs, reifying the center/margin divide. Some P-12 schools find they are exploited through educational research and practice, such as through accreditation practices, research findings, or lack of reciprocal benefits.

Author

• Cheryl A. Hunter, University of North Dakota