Refining the Focus on Faculty Diversity in Postsecondary Institutions

Faculty diversity is gaining unprecedented emphasis in the mission of colleges and universities, and institutional researchers are being pushed for relevant data. This volume examines faculty diversity from a variety of perspectives.Together, they constitute a comprehensive outlook on the subject, highlighting factors including racial background, gender, citizenship, employment status, and academic discipline, and examining how growing diversity has affected the work experience and productivity of faculty and the learning outcomes of students. Special attention is given to international and nontenure-track faculty members, two groups that have experienced rapid growth in recent years. The authors:* Present empirical evidence to support the increasing importance of faculty diversity in institutional research* Show the need for actively tracking the changes in diversity over time* Highlight the critical role of research methodology in all such work.This is the 155th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

Editor's Notes 1Yonghong Jade Xu1. Where Are They? A Multilens Examination of theDistribution of Full-Time Faculty by Institutional Type,Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Citizenship 5Daryl G. Smith, Esau Tovar, Hugo A. GarcíaThis study provides a descriptive analysis of the diversity of thepostsecondary full-time faculty at degree-granting institutions anddetails the changes that took place between 1993 and 2009 withrespect to gender, race/ethnicity, and citizenship across eleveninstitutional types.2. International Faculty in American Universities:Experiences of Academic Life, Productivity, and Career Mobility27Dongbin Kim, Susan Twombly, Lisa Wolf-WendelIn this chapter, multiple data sources are used to illustrate therapidly growing number of international faculty members at Americanuniversities and the importance of understanding their professionalneeds and experiences.3. Missing from the Institutional Data Picture:Non-Tenure-Track Faculty 47Adrianna Kezar, Daniel MaxeyDefinition of non-tenure-track faculty is provided along with theirbasic background characteristics. Arguments are made for creatingbetter data about this new faculty majority and also better modelsfor understanding its implications.4. The Similarities and Differences in the Work Experience ofWomen Faculty in Traditional and Nontraditional Disciplines67Yonghong Jade XuThe work experiences of women faculty in academic fields ofdifferent gender compositions is examined using national data setsof a ten-year period with a focus on women in male-dominateddisciplines.5. Emotional Management and Motivation: A Case Study ofUnderrepresented Faculty 85Vicente M. LechugaThe emotional management of minority faculty in a sciencedepartment is studied qualitatively in order to examine theinfluence of emotion on faculty motivation to engage in scholarlywork within the sociocultural setting.6. Lessons from the Past and Directions for the Future99Yonghong Jade XuTo conclude the volume, the themes that emerged from the previouschapters are discussed and suggestions are made regarding futuredata collection and institutional research of facultydiversity.Index 105