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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778441503321

Autore

Cole Stephen <1941->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-02969-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarberElinor G

Disciplina

378.1/2/089

Soggetti

Faculty integration - United States

Minority college teachers - United States

Minority college graduates - Employment - United States

Vocational interests - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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