Student Activism in the Academy: Its Struggles and Promise [Hardcover]

Student Activism in the Academy: Its Struggles and Promiseis a wide-ranging, provocative survey of student activism in Americas colleges and universities that critically analyzes the contentious problems and progress of a movement that has stirred public reaction in and out of academe. Its fundamental purpose is to engage diverse publics in both reasoned and passionate reflection and soul searching on vital issues that surround campus protest, including:

• strategies for student activism
• the role of social media and technology 
• legal questions on campus speech
• the dilemmas of political correctness 
• generational differences among student activists
• and various forms of student protest related to race, class, gender, and disabilities.

Administrators, faculty, students, and student life personnel in higher educationindeed, all those interested in todays colleges and universities--will want to participate in the timely and productive dialogue within these pages.Dedication

Preface
Joseph L. DeVitis and Pietro A. Sasso

Part One: Contexts, Conditions, and Struggles

1. The Promise and Struggles of Campus-Based Student Activism
Cassie L. Barnhardt

2. Communication, Dialogue, and Student Activism
Spoma Jovanovic

3. Social Media: Changing Activism for Better or for Worse
Tess Halpern

4. Social Media and Student Activism: Transformative Moments in Recent History
Angus Johnston

5. Freedom of Speech on the Contemporary Campus: A Bridge over Troubled Waters or a Highway to Hell?
Dennis E. Gregory

6. Debating Equality, Neoliberalism, Normativity, and Campus Rhetoric
Peter Halewood