Faculty of Color in Academe: Bittersweet Success
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education (US), 2000
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Faculty of Color in Academe focuses on inequities based on racial and ethnic differences within the professional workplace in higher education. This book draws on a comprehensive study of African American, Asian Pacific American, American Indian, and Latino faculty in eight mid-western states. By using both narrative and statistical data, this text provides an in-depth view of the issues surrounding the successful recruitment, retention, and development of faculty of color.The authors attempt to capture and describe some of the similarities and differences experienced by faculty among each of the above mentioned racial/ethnic groups. Scholars, practitioners, and decision-makers will benefit from the information in this text, which includes a comprehensive discussion of what needs to be done in order to achieve diversity in the teaching profession.
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- Title
- Faculty of Color in Academe: Bittersweet Success
- Author
- Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US)
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0205278493
- ISBN 13
- 9780205278497
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About the Author
Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner is associate professor of education Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota. In addition, she is research coordinator for faculty programs in the university's Office of the Associate Vice-President for Multicultural Affairs. Her research interests are in access to, and equity in, higher education, faculty development, and organizational change. She holds advanced degrees from the University of California, Davis, and Stanford University.
Samuel L. Myers, Jr., is Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice and director of the Wilkins Center at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. He has written a number of books on race, economics, and public policy. A graduate of Morgan State University, Myers received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976.
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