Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
Amidst nationwide challenges to DEI programs, frameworks of decolonization and liberation have been simultaneously employed and depoliticized by institutions of higher education to falsely build a progressive façade while dismissing the values associated with these terms. To explain this dynamic, I introduce institutional apathy, which I define as the tendency of colleges to reproduce the status quo, denying the potential of an ongoing commitment to decolonial and liberatory values. Using interviews with staff and faculty at a liberal arts college, I explore how actors in the institution resist co-optation using foundations of solidarity, community partnerships, and incorporations of incremental change.
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Yang, Louise, "Navigating Institutional Apathy: Resisting the Co-optation of Decolonial and Liberatory Frameworks in Higher Education" (2025). Sociology Honors Projects. 82.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/soci_honors/82
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