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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED181859 AUTHOR: Buckley, John J.; Feldbaum, Eleanor G.
TITLE: Faculty Influences on Black Recruitment and
Retention in Schools of Nursing.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 60 p.
AVAILABILITY: Bureau of Governmental Research, Division of
Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742
ABSTRACT: To determine why blacks are underrepresented in
the field of nursing, a three-year nationwide study was
undertaken to examine and evaluate the recruitment and
retention strategies used in schools of nursing, and to
identify the most successful ones. Forty schools in 16
states were selected by their geographic and program
representativeness; they offered associate, diploma, and
baccalaureate programs in nursing. Data were collected by
questionnaire. It was found that (1) the presence and
activities of black faculty had a direct bearing on
recruitment and retention, even while these faculty members
were carrying out all other faculty responsibilities, and
(2) these faculty had significant career barriers. White
faculty members in integrated (i.e., not predominantly
black) schools were more supportive of their school's
recruitment and retention efforts than black faculty,
although they were less aware of the efforts currently
underway. Schools in southern and western states were most
successful, overall, and predominantly black schools had
more success with retention than integrated schools.
Faculty background and attitudes were found to be
significant variables in school success, as were
innovations in scheduling, course choices and course loads,
and teaching methods. (MSE)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrative-Policy; Affirmative-Action;
Black-Colleges; Black-Teachers; College-Desegregation;
College-Faculty; Comparative-Analysis; Courses-;
Differences ; Flexible-Schedules; Higher-Education;
Innovation-; National-Surveys; Nursing-Education;
Occupational-Mobility; Persistence-;
Regional-Characteristics; Statistical Analysis;
Teacher-Background; Teaching-Methods
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Students; *Nursing-;
*School-Holding Power; *Student-Recruitment;
*Student-Teacher-Relationship; *Teacher-Attitudes
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