Diversity and Community in the Academy Affirmative Action in Faculty Appointments

by Wolf-Devine, Celia

• ISBN13: 9780847684434
• ISBN10: 0847684431
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In the wake of court rulings that have forced university administrators to reevaluate affirmative action policies, this balanced, thoughtful book examines three typical defenses of those policies: that affirmative action compensates for past discrimination; that it provides role models and ensures diversity; and that it corrects for systemic bias against women and racial minorities.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
Chapter 1: Historical Introduction	5	(42)
I. From Civil Rights to Affirmative Action: 1964-1972 Background	7	(13)
Laying the Foundation for Affirmative Action
Underlying Causes of the Trend Toward Proportional Representation
Adding Women: Linking Race and Sex
II. The Entrenchment of Bureaucracies: 1973-1980	20	(6)
Background
The Regulatory Agencies and the Universities
Affirmative Action and the Courts: Bakke and Weber
III. The Reagan-Bush Years: 1980-1992	26	(6)
Economic Context
Changes in Political Culture: The PC Wars
The Courts
The Changing Demographics of the Academy
IV. Where We Are Now	32	(6)
Economic Context
Cultural Conflict
The Crisis in Education
Affirmative Action and the Crisis in Education
V. Conclusion	38
Chapter 2: Compensatory Arguments	47	(32)
I. The Argument	48	(1)
II. Evaluation	49	(16)
III. Application to Other Groups	65	(5)
Native Americans
Hispanics and Asians
Women
IV. Conclusion	70	(2)
V. Transition: A Cross-Temporal Argument	72	(7)
Chapter 3: Forward-Looking Arguments	79	(44)
I. Goods Internal to the University	80	(30)
Role Models
Mentors
Diversity
Internal Arguments: Summary
II. External Goods	110	(6)
Beyond Fantasy Politics
The Influence of Universities
The Redistributive Argument
Possible Bad Effects of Discontinuing Affirmative Action
III. Conclusion	116
Chapter 4: Corrective Arguments	123	(30)
I. The Postmodernist Argument	124	(4)
II. Bias Embedded Within the Traditional Disciplines	128	(7)
Establishing the Existence of Bias
Failure of the Androcentric Bias Argument to Justify Affirmative Action
The Grain of Truth
III. Argument Based on Underrepresentation	135	(4)
IV. Identifying Bias in Recent Appointment Patterns	139	(8)
V. Conclusion	147	(6)
Chapter 5: Conclusion	153	(26)
I. Remedies	154	(4)
II. Getting Around the Impasse	158	(14)
The Politics of Displacement
Defects in the Prevailing Social Paradigm
The Shape of the New Paradigm
III. The Role of the University	172	(3)
Developing a New Social Paradigm
The Advancement of Knowledge
Handing On Our Cultural Tradition
Imparting Basic Skills
Teaching the Art of Rational Dialogue
Tutoring
IV. The Problem Redefined	175	(4)
Supplementary Essays	179	(52)
Affirmative Action in Faculty Appointments: A Guide for the Perplexed	181	(24)
George Rutherglen
Are Quotas Sometimes Justified?	205	(6)
James Rachels
"Minority Student"	211	(20)
Richard Rodriguez
Index	231	(10)
About the Author and Contributors	241