Michigan State University Extension
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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED116646 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Survey of Graduates and Faculty of U.S. Library
Education Programs Awarding Degrees and Certificates, 1973
1974.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1975
NOTE: 17 p.
AVAILABILITY: American Library Association, Office for
Library Personnel Resources, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611 (single copies free)
ABSTRACT: In order to provide information for affirmative
action programs, data were collected about the ethnic and
sexual composition of the 1973-74 graduates and faculty of
U.S. library education programs. A tabulation of returns
showed that graduates of all degree and certificate
programs
(graduate, undergraduate, and library technical assistant)
were predominantly white, as were faculty members. Blacks
and Asian Americans were being recruited into the library
profession in numbers comparable to their representation in
the pool of college graduates, but the Spanish-surnamed and
American Indians were not. While three quarters of all
master's degrees and 6th year certificates were earned by
women, the women earned only one third of the doctoral
degrees. White men outnumbered white women on library
education program faculties, and more men than women held
positions at the higher levels. Among minorities on
faculties, blacks predominated with other ethnic groups
appearing in very small numbers. Data tables are attached.
(Author/LS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Rank-Professional; Affirmative
Action; Faculty-; Females-; Library-Schools; Racial
Composition; Sex-Discrimination; Surveys-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Ethnic-Distribution; *Librarians-;
*Library-Education; *Library-Technicians; *Minority-Groups
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