Shortage of Teachers of Color at Colleges

In their book Faculty of Color in Academe, Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner and Samuel L. Myers Jr. address the ongoing shortage of teachers of color in the colleges and universities of this country. The authors rightly note at the outset that as America approaches the 21st century, the racial divide and problems of the 20th century continue to be a problem. There have been numerous efforts to correct the disparity seen between the number of white professors and the number of professors of color, but these have been insufficient. Part of the issue raised by this book is why this is so. The book analyzes comprehensive studies of African American, Asian Pacific American, American Indian, and Latino faculty in eight Midwestern states--Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, and Minnesota. The authors raise interesting issues and offer some possible solutions.

The authors are clear about the three questions they intend to address most directly: 1) To what extent is there underrepresentation of faculty of color? 2) What factors contribute to this underrepresentation? 3) What do we know about possible solutions to the underrepresentation of faculty of color in higher education? The authors state that they will address these questions through an econometric analysis, individual and group interviews, a study of exemplary programs, and an institutional faculty development survey and by an emanation of the literature documenting the problem and suggestin

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