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Direct linkFinkin, Matthew W.; Post, Robert C.; Thomson, Judith J. – Academe, 2004
Many employers in the United States have responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by initiating or expanding policies requiring background checks of prospective employees. Their ability to perform such checks has been abetted by the growth of computerized databases and of commercial enterprises that facilitate access to personal…
Descriptors: Investigations, Court Litigation, Ethics, Terrorism
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
