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ERIC Number: EJ487394
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Why the Shortage of Black Professors?
Wilson, Reginald; And Others
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n1 p25-34 Fall 1993
Examines why blacks are vastly underrepresented on the faculties of American institutions of higher education. The authors discuss hiring and promotion discrimination, whether affirmative-action programs are flagging, blacks' disinterest in careers in higher education, and ways to remedy these problems. (GLR)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Teachers, Career Choice, College Faculty, Personnel Selection, Postsecondary Education, Promotion (Occupational), Racial Discrimination, Teacher Selection, Teacher Shortage
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Inaugural Issue. Journal available from CH II Publishers, Inc., 200 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019.