Latino Faculty at the Border: Increasing Numbers Key to More Hispanic Access.

Olivas, Michael A.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Latino Faculty at the Border: Increasing Numbers Key to More Hispanic Access.

Olivas, Michael A.

Change, v20 n3 p6-9 May-Jun 1988

Institutions employ too few Latino faculty and employ too many statistical tricks in their reporting. The problems Latinos face in entering the teaching of law mirror the problems of minorities in the academy at large: exceedingly small numbers, arbitrarily employed hiring criteria, and prejudice. (MLW)

Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Law Schools, Legal Education (Professions), Mentors, Minority Groups, Racial Bias, Teaching (Occupation)

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