Research Catalog

Title

Black women in the academy : the secrets to success and achievement / Sheila T. Gregory.

Author

Gregory, Sheila T.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c1999.

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Description

xx, 213 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

DSU Title III 2007-2012.

Subject

• Academic achievement > United States
• African American college graduates
• African American college students
• African American women > Education (Higher)
• African American women college teachers
• Educational surveys > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-205) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Herstorical background. Resilience of black women and their families ; Strength of the black church and community ; Formidable gains in the workforce -- A bird's-eye view of the academy. Academic labor market ; Major correlates of academic mobility -- Status and achievements in the academy. Emergence as intellectuals ; Rites of passage ; Making choices about career and family -- Conceptual framework. Economic and psychosocial theory ; Job satisfaction theory -- Factors which may influence career mobility. Salary ; Tenure ; Institutional type ; Intention to leave ; Marital status ; Number of dependents ; Support systems ; External barriers -- Comparison of black women Ph. D's: 1981 and 94 -- Descriptive analysis: 1988 and 1994 -- Inferential analysis of statistics -- Decision model of career mobility.
• Major findings -- Common barriers to success and achievement -- Personal lifestyle choices of black women faculty -- Transforming tenure and promotion -- Developing career ladders -- Creating opportunities for success and achievement -- Central and South America, Puerto Rico and Cuba -- Hawaii -- Canada -- West Indies (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad-Tobago) -- Japan -- China -- Korea -- Norway -- West Germany -- Netherlands -- Britain -- Australia -- New Zealand -- India -- Israel -- Turkey -- Jordan -- Egypt -- Recommendations to policymakers -- New directions for future research -- Research design. Threats to internal validity ; Threats to external validity -- Description of the variables. Categorical dependent variables ; Independent variables ; Other variable attributes -- Study design. Sample description ; Data collection ; Postcard responses -- Limitations.

ISBN

0761814124 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99015084^

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Harvard Library