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- Title
African-American Female Administrators at Predominantly White Institutions in Tennessee: Is There a Need for Affirmative Action?
- Authors
Howard, Barbara L.
- Abstract
With recent attention given to affirmative action and race relations, the purpose of this research was to revisit a previous study made in 2001 and determine if there was a need for further attention to African-American female administrators at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) in Tennessee based on the number of such in these positions. In 2001, these individuals made up 26% of the similarly classified administrative/professional positions in the Tennessee Board of Regents schools, half of which were located at Tennessee State University which is a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). A review of data in 2015 show at Middle Tennessee State University, 6.4% of positions classified as executive/administrative/managerial were held by African-American females compared to 35% White females and 51.3% White males. At the University of Memphis, 18.9% African-American females were in executive/administrative/managerial positions compared to 31% for White females. At the University of Tennessee, 9.5% of the executive/administrative/managerial positions were held by African Americans (including both males and females). Information was not obtainable from Austin Peay and Tennessee Technological Universities. Data show, at the very least, a decline in the disaggregating of data for African-American female administrators. Data also show low numbers and percentages of African-American females in executive or managerial roles in year 2015.
- Subjects
TENNESSEE; AFFIRMATIVE action programs in education; AFRICAN American women college administrators; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2, p73
- ISSN
2166-2681
- Publication type
Article