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Minorities in higher education: A pipeline problem?
Authors: Beheruz N. Sethna
The University of West Georgia
Abstract: This paper uses national data from the American Council on Education (ACE) to study the progress of different ethnic groups through the academic pipeline – stages studied include the Bachelor’s, Master’s, doctoral, levels, and then progress to the Assistant, Associate, and (full) Professor stages, to full-time administrators and finally to the CEO stage. Critics of the Higher Education system might claim that the relatively low percentages of minorities in Higher Education represent a failure of our system to provide sufficient minority graduates. However, an opposing point of view states that these low percentages and numbers are simply a reflection of the “pipeline problem.” Different ethnic groups need support and assistance to succeed at different stages of the academic pipeline. These imbalances can be corrected only with a substantial commitment of energy and resources from the entire higher education community.
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