Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring Gasman Marybeth
Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring Gasman Marybeth An honest confrontation of systemic racism in faculty hiring--and what to do about…
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Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring Gasman Marybeth
An honest confrontation of systemic racism in faculty hiring--and what to do about itWhile colleges and universities have been lauded for increasing student diversity, these same institutions have failed to achieve any comparable diversity among their faculty. Only 6 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander men, 5 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander women, and 1 percent were American Indian/Alaska Native. In 2017, of the nation's full-time, tenure-track and tenured faculty, only 3 percent each were Black men, Black women, Hispanic men, and Hispanic women.
In Doing the Right Thing, Marybeth Gasman takes a hard, insightful look at the issues surrounding the recruitment and hiring of faculty of color. Why are the numbers so abysmal? Relying on national data and interviews with provosts, deans, and department chairs from sixty major universities, Gasman documents the