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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED342860 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Pluralism in the Professoriate: Strategies for
Developing Faculty Diversity. Minority on Campus (Series).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 30 p.; For related documents, see UD 028 569-572.
AVAILABILITY: Minorities on Campus series set of five).
ABSTRACT: This booklet describes strategies and issues for
recruiting and retaining minority faculty for greater
diversity among faculty at colleges and universities. The
booklet proposes that institutions must take both
short-term and long-term measures; short-term efforts
should increase institutional attractiveness to currently
eligible minority individuals, and long-term strategies
should increase the pool of minority candidates. The first
section of this document is an introduction. The second
section discusses the importance of the campus environment
in which minority faculty will be expected to work and
live. Ten steps to develop a multicultural environment are
listed. The third section lists the following short-term
strategies for recruiting minority faculty: (1) developing
position descriptions; (2) advertizing strategies; (3)
contacting minority networks; (4) conducting telephone
surveys and site visits; (5) using search consultants; (6)
searching beyond higher education; (7) concentrating on
certain fields; (8) interviewing; (9) defining the
president's role; (10) understanding accreditation
requirements; and (11) involving state government. The
fifth section describes recruitment alternatives for
smaller institutions, emphasizing interim and cooperative
solutions. A section on long-term strategies suggests five
5- to 10-year efforts and six 10-year plus efforts.
Concluding comments reiterate the importance of faculty
diversity. (JB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Campuses-; Cultural-Pluralism; Employment
Interviews; Employment-Programs; Faculty-Promotion; Faculty
Recruitment; Higher-Education; Labor-Market; Long-Range
Planning; Personnel-Selection
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Faculty; *Employment-Practices;
*Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Faculty-Integration; *Minority
Group-Teachers
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