How to Diversify the Faculty

Abstract

parallel claim is that members of underrepresented minority groups who seek academic posts are in such great demand that they can pick and choose among multiple offers. Despite the abysmal job market, many people also believe that the academy's commitment to diversity, combined with a limited supply of minority-group scholars, has created a bidding war that favors faculty of color over white men. Nonelite institutions that accept this argument think they are not rich, well-located, or prestigious enough to attract the few candidates who are in such high demand. Although a concerted effort has been made, explains one prestigious research institution in a typical plaint, small candidate pools and intense competition between top universities has made growth in [minority] faculty numbers extremely difficult. And yet many faculty and administrators of color do not see themselves as the bene-

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