Considering the Ethnoracial and Gender Diversity of Faculty in U.S. College and University Intellectual Communities

• In Event: Moscone Center West Roundtable Session 7
  In Roundtable Session: Higher Education, Law, and Global Perspectives

Abstract

It is important that our nation’s college and universities centrally value gender and ethnoracial diversity that fits within the framework of the law in the admissions processes and the recruitment and employment of faculty, two areas uniquely separate and distinct in their legal analyses. Notably, propositions, legislation and judicial decisions have challenged policies crafted to increase diversity in education in some states, particularly, in the context of admissions in higher education, while SCOTUS has allowed race to be considered as a “plus” factor. Considering the legal context surrounding higher education admissions, it is important for leaders and administrators in higher education to understand whether universities and colleges have advanced greater diversity among faculty given this legal environment

Authors

• Julian Vasquez Heilig, University of Kentucky

• Isabell Flores, California State University - Sacramento

• Alicia Souza, California State University - Sacramento

• Joseph Barry, California State University - Sacramento

• Selene Barcelo Monroy, California State University - Sacramento