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Before Starting a Faculty Search, Take a Good Look at the Search Committee
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Before Starting a Faculty Search, Take a Good Look at the Search Committee

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol.53(6), p.B.32
09/29/2006

Abstract

Social conditions & trends Committees Employment policies College professors Minority & ethnic groups Multiculturalism & pluralism Recruitment
Across the country, campuses are engaged in efforts to diversify the racial and ethnic makeup of their faculties to help prepare their students for a diverse society. But the search committees charged with this task often approach their task in a passive, routine way. Search committees must go beyond business as usual to attract people of color.

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