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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965004903321

Autore

Cole Stephen <1941->

Titolo

Increasing faculty diversity : 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

9780674029699

0674029690

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.