Diverse Student Bodies, Diverse Faculties

Autor/in	Antonio, Anthony Lising
Titel	Diverse Student Bodies, Diverse Faculties
Quelle	In: Academe, 89 (2003) 6, S.14-17 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Student Diversity; White Students; Minority Group Teachers; Diversity (Faculty); Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; College Faculty; Teaching Conditions; Racial Factors; Racial Composition; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerrekrutierung; Fakultät; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; USA
Abstract	Faculty of color are severely underrepresented in American higher education; they make up just over 10 percent of full-time undergraduate professors. Many in academe are familiar with this statistic and know that progress in increasing the presence of faculty of color on U.S. campuses has been slow. They are also aware, however, that students of color have made significant strides in gaining access to higher education over the last twenty years--progress so great that white students are no longer the majority on many campuses. The recent flurry of research on students reveals that a diverse student body confers benefits ranging from the development of students' intellectual and social self-confidence, to exposure to different ideas and viewpoints, to cognitive development and academic achievement. The focus on student diversity provides a valuable opportunity to redouble efforts to increase the representation of faculty of color in academe. In this article, the author offers four proposals related to the potential benefits of a diverse student body for faculty of color. The propositions encourage one to ask the following questions: Do initiatives to diversify the student body also help institutions recruit and retain diverse faculty? Are these dual objectives complementary? Can they be conceived of as two parts of a broader strategy for institutions to increase and manage diversity on their campuses? (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10