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Expanding Economic Democracy in American Higher Education: A Two-Step Approach to Hiring More Teachers from Poverty- and Working-Class Backgrounds

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Oldfield, Kenneth – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2007

American universities are seeking to increase "academic staff diversity" by hiring more females, racial/ethnic minorities, military veterans, and persons with disabilities. Various researchers have presented evidence showing that people of poverty and working-class origins are significantly underrepresented within the US academic staff.…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Socioeconomic Background, Personnel Selection