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Affirmative Action And The University: Race, Ethnicity, And Gender In Higher Education Employment
Author: Rai, Kul B.; Joint Author: Critzer, John W.
Hardback; Book
320 pages
Published: June 2000
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803239343
Affirmative Action and the University is the only full-length study to examine the impact of affirmative action on all higher education hiring practices. Drawing on data provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, the authors summarize, track, and evaluate changes in the gender and ethnic makeupof academic and nonacademic employees at private and public colleges and universities from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Separate chapters assess changes in employment opportunities for whitewomen, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans.The authors look at the extent to which a two-tier employment system exists. In such a system minorities and women are more likely to make theRace, Ethnicity and Gender in Higher Education.This work examines the impact of affirmative action on all higher education hiring practices. The authors track and evaluate changes in the gender and ethnic make-up of academic and non-academic employees at private and public colleges and universities from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s.
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