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Role Strain, Adaptation and Contemporary Challenges in Higher Education features eleven original contributions that examine student experiences, institutional contexts, mentorship, and pressing issues confronting higher education today. Grounded in the seminal scholarship of Dr. Phillip J. Bowman, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, the volume explores how individuals navigate role strain within educational institutions while also considering the policy, historical, and organizational forces that shape those experiences.
The collection includes studies of college choice, student-athlete success, community college transfer pathways, doctoral persistence, racialized stress, and the experiences of Black women in STEM, alongside analyses of educational policy and opportunity. Two reflective chapters highlight the importance of mentorship and Dr. Bowman’s enduring intellectual legacy. The volume concludes with an examination of contemporary conservatism and its implications for higher education.
Collectively, these articles extend the Bowman Role Strain and Adaptation Model (BRSAM), demonstrating its continued relevance for understanding educational experiences and the evolving landscape of higher education.
Krystal L. Williams is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Education Policy and Equity Research Collective (Ed_PERC) which explores issues regarding race and public policy with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and broadening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for marginalized groups. Her research has been supported by many entities, most recently a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study outcomes among Black women in computing.
Chapter 1. Introduction: Volume Overview; Krystal L. Williams
Part I. Foundations and Policy Contexts
Chapter 2. Role Strain and Adaptation: A Primer; Krystal L. Williams and William B. Walker, Jr.
Chapter 3. Policy Constraints on Diversity: Development of Michigan Education from French Catholic Colonialism to Unfettered Neoliberalism; Nathan J. Daun-Barnett and Edward P. St. John
Part II. Role Strain and Adaptation across Educational Contexts
Chapter 4. Affirmative Action and the Role of Structural Diversity Cues in Black Students’ College Choice; Kelly E. Slay
Chapter 5. Balancing the Game: Strain, Coping, and Persistence among Black Male Student-Athletes at Division I Institutions; Tony V. Johnson
Chapter 6. Product of Adversity, from the Hood to a University: Recontextualizing Resilient Mindsets among Men of Color in Community College; Joseph Romero-Reyes
Chapter 7. Measuring the Margins: Role Strain at the Intersection of Race and Gender for Black Undergraduate Women in STEM; Krystal L. Williams, William B. Walker, Jr., and Imani N. Callan
Chapter 8. Retaining Each Other, Too: A Conversation about Peer Relationships and Doctoral Persistence and Retention; Brian A. Burt, James M. Ellis, and Christopher J. Nellum
Chapter 9. Using a Role Strain Adaptation Framework to Bridge Connections between Racialized Stress, Microaffirmations, and Psychological Well-Being for Minoritized Students on Historically White College Campuses; James M. Ellis, Larry L. Rowley, Amber N. Williams, and Leon Mason
Part III. Mentorship, Legacy, and Reflection
Chapter 10. Role Strain, Adaptation, and the Future of Inclusion and Belonging Work in Higher Education: Lessons from the Legacy of Dr. Phillip J. Bowman; Jerlando F L Jackson
Chapter 11. Conversations about Mentoring with Dr. Phillip J. Bowman: Role Strain, Adaptation and Alchemy; Ruby Mendenhall and Phillip J. Bowman
Part IV. Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions
Chapter 12. Contemporary Challenges and Tensions of Conservatism in American Higher Education; Krystal L. Williams, William B. Walker, Jr., Imani N. Callan, Elijah X. Lin, Emma Porterwinkel, and Sky Ye