Suggests that racial bigotry in higher education is a social force that distances minority students from the pursuit of a valued resource. Further, it proposes that higher education is rooted in a belief system that protects white interests and facilitates the expression of racial bigotry. (GR)

Constructs a descriptive profile of the status of minority college faculty. The rapidly changing demographics of U.S. society make it imperative that one observe how postsecondary education institutions have responded to increasing minority representation. Increases have been largest for Asian American faculty and smallest for Blacks. (SLD)