Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority StudentsIn recent years, colleges have successfully increased the racial diversity of their student bodies. They have been less successful, however, 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
The Problem | 1 |
Obtaining the Data | 39 |
Ethnic Differences in Occupational Choices | 62 |
Influences on Initial Occupational Choice | 81 |
The Influence of Academic Performance | 100 |
Attitudes toward Academia | 139 |
Role Models Interaction with Faculty and Career Aspirations Melissa Bolyard | 163 |
The Influence of School Characteristics | 187 |
Policy Recommendations | 236 |
The Questionnaires | 261 |
Supplementary Data | 283 |
METHODOLOGY AND MEASUREMENT | 299 |
Notes | 317 |
References | 349 |
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