Affirmative Action's Second Generation: In the Matter of Vilma Hernandez.

Davidson, Matthew

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ERIC Number: EJ214527

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Publication Date: 1979

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Affirmative Action's Second Generation: In the Matter of Vilma Hernandez.

Davidson, Matthew

Change, v11 n8 p42-46 Nov-Dec 1979

In this essay recounting a midcareer faculty review, Vilma Hernandez is the fictitious name of a faculty member originally hired for affirmative action reasons who fails because of her inability to solicit support and the university's failure to offer it. Concludes that the university allowed her to fail. (JMF)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Disqualification, Faculty College Relationship, Failure, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Recruitment, School Responsibility, Teacher Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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