The Ocean in the School: Pacific Islander Students Transforming Their University

by Rick Bonus

Book Overview

In The Ocean in the School Rick Bonus tells the stories of Pacific Islander students as they and their allies struggled to transform a university they believed did not value their presence. Drawing on dozens of interviews with students he taught, advised, and mentored between 2004 and 2018 at the University of Washington, Bonus outlines how, despite the university's promotion of diversity and student success programs, these students often did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006722
• ISBN13: 9781478006725
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"