Educating multi-ethnic students for life in a multicultural world is one of the greatest challenges facing institutions of higher learning in the 1990s. Community colleges can be justly proud of their tradition as "open door institutions." They strive for both excellence and equity in providing oppo
Recruiting and mentoring minority faculty members
โ Scribed by William Vega; Kenneth Yglesias; John P. Murray
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 2010
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-3081
- DOI
- 10.1002/cc.427
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
For the foreseeable future, community colleges must seriously address hiring, retaining, and facilitating upward mobility for faculty members. Moreover, they should recruit a faculty corps that is more reflective of both the students they serve and the demographics of their college service area. It is critical for community colleges to employ and retain a diverse faculty.
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