The Roles of Faculty Hiring and Retention in Shaping Diversity and Representation in US Higher Education Institutions: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis from 2001 to 2035

IF 1.9 3区 教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Trang Pham, Yung-Yu Tsai
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U.S. higher education institutions are adjusting their faculty hiring to respond to the demands of an increasingly diverse racial and ethnic student population. However, it is not always clear whether specific faculty policies are intended to address the matter of diversity or representation—two similar but qualitatively different concepts. Essentially, the policy choices that institutions make result in different implementation approaches and long-term outcomes. Using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from 2001 to 2021, this study measures and compares the changes in faculty diversity and student-faculty representation in U.S. higher education institutions over the past two decades. It then develops several simulated scenarios to project the future racial and ethnic landscape of American campuses, depending on the different policy choices that institutions make through their hiring and retention policies. Our recommendation calls for balanced efforts in the retention and hiring of minoritized and underrepresented faculty, adapted to the individual circumstances of institutions.

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教师聘用和留任在塑造美国高等教育机构多样性和代表性方面的作用:2001 至 2035 年的回顾性和前瞻性分析
美国高等教育机构正在调整其教师招聘工作,以应对种族和民族学生日益多样化的需求。然而,具体的教职员工政策是为了解决多样性问题,还是为了解决代表性问题,这一点并不总是很清楚。从根本上说,院校所做的政策选择会导致不同的实施方法和长期结果。本研究利用 2001 年至 2021 年期间综合高等教育数据系统(IPEDS)的数据,衡量并比较了过去二十年来美国高等教育机构中教师多样性和师生代表性的变化。然后,根据各院校在招聘和留任政策上的不同选择,本研究提出了几种模拟情景,以预测未来美国校园的种族和民族状况。我们的建议要求在留住和聘用少数族裔和代表性不足的教职员工方面做出平衡的努力,并根据各院校的具体情况加以调整。
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Research in Higher Education
Research in Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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4.40
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9.50%
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52
期刊介绍: Research in Higher Education publishes studies that examine issues pertaining to postsecondary education. The journal is open to studies using a wide range of methods, but has particular interest in studies that apply advanced quantitative research methods to issues in postsecondary education or address postsecondary education policy issues. Among the topics of interest to the journal are: access and retention; student success; equity; faculty issues; institutional productivity and assessment; postsecondary education governance; curriculum and instruction; state and federal higher education policy; and financing of postsecondary education. The journal encourages submissions from scholars in disciplines outside of higher education, and studies from outside the United States that address issues that are of interest to the readership. The journal will on occasion publish short notes of a methodological nature, literature reviews of topics pertaining to postsecondary research, and “research and practice” studies illustrating how postsecondary research can inform decision making.
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