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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED212177 AUTHOR: Jacques, Jeffrey M.; Hall, Robert L.
TITLE: Integration of the Black and White University: A
Preliminary Investigation.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 160 p.
ABSTRACT: Ethnic/race relations among trustees,
administrators, faculty, and professional nonfaculty who
were affiliated with colleges and universities located in
the Southeastern United States during the late 1970s were
examined. The macroscopic theory of the split labor market
(Bonacich, 1979) was modified and tested within an
institutional framework. Basically, the theory suggests that
race questions are really class questions in that one racial
group may be identified as cheaper paid labor while the
other may be identified as high priced labor. Historical
perspectives on black Americans and the evolution of
American higher education from 1619 to 1980 also are
considered at length. A survey of three traditional black
(TBI) and four traditionally white (TWI) institutions
assessed such issues as the following: the historical
mission of the institution, whether the goals of
desegregation correlate or conflict with its historical
mission, and whether there is a specific affirmative
action/equal employment opportunity program at the
institution. The survey data and interviews point clearly to
a split in the labor market between higher and cheaper paid
labor. Higher paid labor, whether they were blacks at TBIs
or whites at TWIs, experienced greater job security, greater
degrees of job satisfaction, and less institutional
alienation than cheaper paid labor. Those in the majority
more often did not support and saw little need for
affirmative action/equal employment opportunity programs
that would produce greater numbers of minority professional
employees at their institutions. A bibliography, sample
questionnaire, and letters are appended. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrators-; Affirmative-Action; Black
Colleges; Black-Education; Black-Teachers; College-Faculty;
College-Role; Educational-History; Higher-Education;
Minority-Groups; Organizational-Theories; Professional
Personnel; Racial-Integration; Salaries-; Socioeconomic
Status; Teacher-Administrator-Relationship; Trustees-;
Whites-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Blacks-; *College-Desegregation; *Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; *Interprofessional-Relationship; *Racial
Relations; *Salary-Wage-Differentials
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