Refining the focus on faculty diversity in postsecondary institutions / Yonghong Jade Xu, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institutional Research Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Xu, Yonghong Jade.

Series:

New directions for institutional research, 0271-0579 ; no. 155

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faculty integration--United States.

Faculty integration.

Minority college teachers--Selection and appointment--United States.

Minority college teachers.

Diversity in the workplace--United States.

Diversity in the workplace.

Physical Description:

110 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Faculty diversity is gaining unprecedented emphasis in the mission of colleges and universities, and institutional researchers are being pushed for relevant data. This volume examines faculty diversity from a variety of perspectives. Together, they constitute a comprehensive outlook on the subject, highlighting factors including racial background, gender, citizenship, employment status, and academic discipline, and examining how growing diversity has affected the work experience and productivity of faculty and the learning outcomes of students. Special attention is given to international and nontenure-track faculty members, two groups that have experienced rapid growth in recent years. The authors: Present empirical evidence to support the increasing importance of faculty diversity in institutional research Show the need for actively tracking the changes in diversity over time Highlight the critical role of research methodology in all such work. This is the 155th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Editor's Notes

1: Where Are They? A Multilens Examination of the Distribution of Full-Time Faculty by Institutional Type, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Citizenship

2: International Faculty in American Universities: Experiences of Academic Life, Productivity, and Career Mobility

3: Missing from the Institutional Data Picture: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

4: The Similarities and Differences in the Work Experience of Women Faculty in Traditional and Nontraditional Disciplines

5: Emotional Management and Motivation: A Case Study of Underrepresented Faculty

6: Lessons from the Past and Directions for the Future

Index.

Notes:

"Fall 2012"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-73569-5

1-118-53350-X

OCLC:

818118705