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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED256437 AUTHOR: Hankin, Joseph N.
TITLE: Where the (Affirmative) Action Is (or Is Not): The
Status of Minorities and Women among the Faculty and
Administrators of Public Two-Year Colleges, 1983-1984.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1985
NOTE: 11 p.; Paper presented at the Annual National
Convention of the American Association of Community and
Junior Colleges (65th, San Diego, CA, April 14-17, 1985).
ABSTRACT: A study was conducted to obtain information on the
numbers and percentages of females and minorities in the
administrations and faculties of public two-year colleges.
The study involved a canvass of 33 public two-year colleges
and a survey sent to all 50 state directors of public two
year colleges. Study findings, based on a composite of the
responses from 22 of the two-year institutions surveyed and
data provided by 29 state directors, included the following:
(1) 29.8% of the administrators and 39.2% of the faculty
members represented in the survey data were female; (2)
13.4% of the administrators and 9.86% of the faculty members
were from minority groups; and (3) at least 6.5% of the
administrators and 3.7% of the faculty members in the study
were black. Comments on affirmative action provided by some
survey respondents and a discussion of the implications of
the findings of the study are included. (HB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrator-Characteristics; National
Surveys; Teacher-Characteristics
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Administrators-; *Affirmative-Action;
*College-Faculty; *Community-Colleges; *Females-; *Minority
Groups
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