...Ivy League professor...don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them'

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    decimon Well-Known Member

    An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’

    Washington Post
    Marybeth Gasman

    While giving a talk about Minority Serving Institutions at a recent higher education forum, I was asked a question pertaining to the lack of faculty of color at many majority institutions, especially more elite institutions.

    My response was frank: “The reason we don’t have more faculty of color among college faculty is that we don’t want them. We simply don’t want them.” Those in the audience were surprised by my candor and gave me a round of applause for the honesty.

    More... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/09/26/an-ivy-league-professor-on-why-colleges-dont-hire-more-faculty-of-color-we-dont-want-them/?tid=pm_local_pop_b


    For love of Ivy.
     

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