This document provides an empirical analysis of the hiring, promotion/advancement, and retention of black faculty in traditionally white public institutions of higher education in the 10 states affected by the Adams v. Richardson case. The underrepresentation of black scholars on the faculties of the nation's colleges and universities remains a…

Data on earned degrees (by minorities) by selected fields of concentration are presented according to a national survey by the American Council on Education (ACE), Office of Minority Concerns. Its special focus is on the current critical issue of the escalating shortage of minority teachers. The following issues are discussed: minority high school…