The status of equity for black faculty and administrators in public higher education in the south

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-228

  Perna, Laura W ^a   Gerald, Danette ^b   Baum, Evan ^c   Milem, Jeffrey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrators; Desegregation; Equity; Faculty; Institutional type; Rank; Tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845811565     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-006-9041-4     Document Type: Article

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