Exploring the Lived Experiences of African American and White Female Faculty toward Tenure-Granting and Promotion Processes

Autor/in	Oliver, Ralphilia C.
Titel	Exploring the Lived Experiences of African American and White Female Faculty toward Tenure-Granting and Promotion Processes
Quelle	(2010), (201 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Barry University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3032-8559-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; African American Teachers; Whites; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Tenure; Teacher Promotion; Research Universities; Females; Women Faculty; Phenomenology; Teaching Conditions; Influences; Questionnaires; Teacher Characteristics; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Family Work Relationship; Racial Discrimination; Gender Discrimination; Social Bias; Mentors; Networks; School Culture; Online Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; White; Weißer; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Forschungseinrichtung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Fragebogen; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Racial bias; Rassismus; Schulkultur; Schulleben
Abstract	Purpose:The purpose of this study was to explore African American and White female faculty members' perceptions about tenure and promotion processes at research universities. As more women enter the ranks of academia, the difficulties encountered toward attainment of tenure continue to prevail, specifically for African American women. It is hoped that the information and knowledge garnered from this study will be instrumental in providing university administrators with practical options to recruit, retain, promote, and offer tenure to a more diverse faculty. Method: This phenomenological study examined the experiences and perceptions of nine full-time female faculty members at the rank of associate professor or higher from public research universities with high or very high research activity to determine what impact specific factors may have had or continue to have on their efforts for attaining promotion and tenure. A nine question, on-line open-ended questionnaire on the "SurveyMonkey"™ website was utilized. Major Findings: The nine full-time female professors that participated in this study emerged as intelligent, strong, determined, and persistent women who expressed a strong desire to be successful in scholarship, teaching, service, and research. The data revealed all of the participants (100%) perceived inequities expressed toward them in the form of gender discrimination and/or race discrimination. The participant responses revealed four emerging themes: difficulty in balancing family and career obligations; feelings of marginalization, difficulty in navigating the promotion and tenure processes in academia; and the persistent and sustained social constructs of sexism and racism in academia. The results of this study indicate a need for research universities to increase efforts in the areas of mentoring and networking for women, valuing minority scholarship, and initiating positive changes in the current institutional climate and culture toward women. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01