Increasing faculty diversity : the occupational choices of high-achieving minority students / Stephen Cole, Elinor Barber with Melissa Bolyard and Annulla Linders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Stephen, 1941-

Contributor:

Barber, Elinor G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faculty integration--United States.

Faculty integration.

Minority college teachers--United States.

Minority college teachers.

Minority college graduates--Employment--United States.

Minority college graduates.

Vocational interests--United States.

Vocational interests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, colleges have successfully increased the racial diversity of their student bodies. They have been less successful in diversifying their faculties. This book identifies the ways in which minority students make occupational choices, what their attitudes are toward a career in academia, and why so few become college professors.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES AND FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1 The Problem

2 Obtaining the Data

3 Ethnic Differences in Occupational Choices

4 Influences on Initial Occupational Choice

5 The Influence of Academic Performance

6 Attitudes toward Academia

7 Role Models, Interaction with Faculty, and Career Aspirations

8 The Influence of School Characteristics

9 The Pipeline into Academia

10 Policy Recommendations

Appendix A: The Questionnaires

Appendix B: Supplementary Data

Appendix C: Methodology and Measurement

Notes

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780674029699

0674029690

OCLC:

630862999