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Article: Black Faculty in Higher Education: Still Only a Drop in the Bucket
- Article from:
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright CH II Publishers, Inc. Spring 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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JBHE surveyed the nation s highest-ranked research universities, the most selective liberal arts colleges, and the 50 flagship state universities to determine their levels of black faculty. Overall, the liberal arts colleges have the most racially diverse faculties. Mount Holyoke College had the highest percentage of black faculty of any of the 100 colleges and universities surveyed.
NATIONWIDE, JUST over 5 percent of all full-time faculty members at colleges and universities in the United States are black. This percentage has increased slightly over the past decade. But the percentage of black faculty at almost all the nation's high-ranking universities is significantly below the national ...