African American faculty expressing concerns: breaking the silence at predominantly white research oriented universities

A Delphi method was used with a panel of 24 African American faculty employed at 43 predominantly white doctoral extensive universities to arrive at a group consensus on a list of concerns that African American faculty in general experienced or held. Using the Delphi method a panel of African Americ...

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Published in:Race, ethnicity and education ethnicity and education, 2016-05, Vol.19 (3), p.461-479
Main Authors: Ross, Henry H., Edwards, Willie J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic departments
African American faculty
African American Teachers
African Americans
College Faculty
Colleges & universities
Collegiality
Decision making
Delphi method
Delphi Technique
Departments
Discrimination
Faculty Promotion
Institutional Characteristics
Leadership
Mentors
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Participative Decision Making
predominantly white research universities
Racial Discrimination
Racism
School faculty
Silence
Social Isolation
Teacher Attitudes
Teachers
Tenure
Universities
University research
White people
Whites
Work Environment
Workplaces
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Summary:A Delphi method was used with a panel of 24 African American faculty employed at 43 predominantly white doctoral extensive universities to arrive at a group consensus on a list of concerns that African American faculty in general experienced or held. Using the Delphi method a panel of African American faculty initially worked from a list of eight concerns (i.e., lack of mentor; little guidance about the tenure and promotion process; social isolation and lack of collegiality; excessive and token committee assignments; research viewed as trivial and discounted; little guidance about the academic workplace; limited opportunities to participate in departmental and institutional decision making; and infrequent occasions to assume leadership positions) to the development of a list of 13 concerns after employing three rounds of the Delphi method. The implication from the expressing of these concerns is that universities have a portion of their faculty that are yet experiencing racism, subtle and even overt discrimination. This study serves as a clarion call that some universities are not being as successful at achieving diversity and inclusiveness as they declare or think.
ISSN:1361-3324
1470-109X
DOI:10.1080/13613324.2014.969227