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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED316075 AUTHOR: Washington, Valora; Harvey, William
TITLE: Affirmative Rhetoric, Negative Action: African
American and Hispanic Faculty at Predominantly White
Institutions. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report 2, 1989.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 128 p.
AVAILABILITY: ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports, The George
Washington University, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Dept.
RC, Washington, DC 20036-1183 ($15.00).
ABSTRACT: The need for higher education to shift from a
policy of nondiscrimination to one of affirmative action is
examined, with note taken of the clear opportunity for
higher education to take advantage of faculty positions
being vacated due to retirement during the mid-to-late
1990s. Preparations can be made now to provide opportunities
for minority students to enter graduate school and be
prepared for a future career in the professoriate. Necessary
issues and actions are defined. The first four of the
reports discuss the following topics and subtopics: (1)
overview of affirmative action for African-American and
Hispanic faculty (why it is important to have a diverse
faculty, higher education before affirmative action,
defining affirmative action, and the impact of affirmative
action on higher education); (2) supply and demand for
African-American and Hispanic faculty (status of this
faculty in higher education, supply and demand issues,
quality of faculty life, tomorrow's professoriate: the empty
pipeline, and barriers to equal access and effective
affirmative action); (3) effective affirmative action,
institutional approaches and barriers (including
institutional leadership, search committees, affirmative
action offices, and case study--the African-American
presence at Antioch College); and (4) national responses to
affirmative action issues in higher education (court
decisions, governmental agencies, public commissions, and
professional organizations). Conclusions and recommendations
are provided in section 5 and cover public policy, higher
education practices, and research needs. Tables are
included. Contains approximately 180 references. (SM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Access-to-Education; Civil-Rights;
Educational-Discrimination; Educational-Opportunities;
Excellence-in-Education; Higher-Education; Minority-Groups;
Racial-Discrimination; Teacher-Recruitment; Teacher-Supply
and-Demand
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Black-Teachers;
*College-Faculty; *Equal-Education; *Equal-Opportunities
Jobs; *Hispanic-Americans
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