ABSTRACT
Student enrollments in post-secondary education continue to increase while college campuses are more diverse than ever before (Carnavale & Strohl, 2013; Perna & Finney, 2014). Yet, the post-secondary education system is racially polarized. Specifi cally, enrollment growth for white students has taken place at the 468 most selective and wellfunded four-year colleges, whereas the growth of African American and Latinx1 students has been at overcrowded, under-resourced, open access two-and four-year colleges (Carnavale & Strohl, 2013). For Native American students there has been an increase in numbers within the last 30 years (NCES, 2005), yet disproportionality between representation of Native American and white2 students has not changed (Carnavale & Strohl, 2013), which also means inequities have not been addressed. In addition, racial gaps in degree attainment remain (Perna & Finney, 2014). Within this current campus context there has been a surge in campus protests and student activism around race that mirrors society as a whole (Hartocollis & Bidgood, 2015).
