Waiting for the Cavalry.

Lathan, Art C.

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ERIC Number: EJ216361

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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Waiting for the Cavalry.

Lathan, Art C.

AGB Reports, v21 n6 p16-20 Nov-Dec 1979

The experiences of an affirmative-action officer are described, including: efforts to manipulate faculty behavior, David v Goliath dimensions to job, faculty who have both created the problem and the awareness of it, academicians advancing theories of racial superiority, I.Q. tests, etc. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Behavior, College Faculty, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Minority Groups, Power Structure, Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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