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Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
Duke University's affirmative action plan for faculty, unveiled in the late 1980s, has had limited success. Critics blame this on a small pool of minority doctorates and in-house resistance. Success has been greatest in the history department. The school has been more successful in attracting African-American graduate students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, Black Teachers, College Faculty