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Peer reviewedCahn, Steven M. – Academe, 1997
Two kinds of affirmative action in the recruitment and selection of college faculty are distinguished and discussed: procedural (ensuring judgment of applicants without consideration of race, religion, or national origin) and preferential (characterized by attention to the same criteria that procedural affirmative action eschews). Argues that…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Cultural Pluralism, Faculty Recruitment
