Author Meets Critics: Domingo Morel's "Developing Scholars"

Session Submission Type: Author meet critics

Session Description

This “Author Meets Critics” panel will be focused on Domingo Morel’s, "Developing Scholars: Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Over the past fifty years, debates concerning race and college admissions have focused primarily on the policy of affirmative action at elite institutions of higher education. But a less well-known approach to affirmative action also emerged in the 1960s in response to protest and urban unrest. These programs offered a more radical, community-centered approach to college access: admitting and supporting students who do not meet regular admissions requirements and developing scholars at their local public institutions of higher education. In Developing Scholars, Domingo Morel explores the history and political factors that led to the creation of college access programs for students of color. Through a case study of an existing program, Talent Development, Morel shows how protest, including violent protest, has been instrumental in the creation and maintenance of college access programs, leading to a better understanding of the role of protest in the policymaking process. The book also reveals how hidden forms of restriction have emerged in response to these programs, which have significantly impacted students of color and the promise of higher education as a mechanism of opportunity.

Author: Domingo Morel, Associate Professor, New York University

Chair: Kimberley Johnson, Professor, New York University

Panelists
Kimberley Johnson, Professor, New York University
Jamila Michener, Associate Professor, Cornell University
Sally Nuamah, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Deondra Rose, Associate Professor, Duke University

Sub Unit

• Division 32: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Cosponsor

• Division 59: Education Politics and Policy

Chair

• Kimberley S. Johnson New York University

Presenters

• Domingo Morel New York University

• Kimberley S. Johnson New York University

• Jamila D. Michener Cornell University

• Sally Nuamah Northwestern University

• Deondra Rose Duke University