African Americans in the Political Science Profession

Abstract

Teachers (CAUT). 4. The word "teacher" as used in this document is understood to include the investigator who is attached to an academic institution without teaching duties. 5. Boldface numbers in brackets refer to Interpretive Comments which follow. 6. For a discussion of this question, see the "Report of the Special Committee on Academic Personnel Ineligible for Tenure,"

"Not like Us": Removing the Barriers to Recruiting Minority Faculty

“…Yet, according to Sheila Ards and Maurice Woodard, those four universities produced 21 political science PhD's between 1987 and 1989, exceeding Michigan, Columbia, and North Carolina combined. And, while Harvard and Michigan had, at 29, the top number of political science PhD students enrolled in 1991, Howard and Clark-Atlanta were not far behind at 15 [Ards and Woodard, 1992]. As for schools of public administration, St. Louis University leads the pack in minority PhD enrollments, followed by SUNY-Albany, Wayne State, and Alabama.…”

The Status of Minority Faculty in Academe

“…This small increase may reflect a smaller number of Black students progressing from high school to college (Patton, 1988). In turn, and more importantly, a smaller number of Black students in higher education results in an even smaller number of Black students available for graduate and/or professional degree programs (Ards & Woodard, 1992). If this pattern continues, one can expect Asian and Hispanic persons to make greater gains than Black persons in their representation in the population of minority faculty.…”

The Road to Tenure and Beyond for African American Political Scientists

“…In 1994, eighty-nine percent of all new Ph.Ds in political science (African Americans, European Americans, and members of other American ethnic groups) accepted academic positions (APSA, 1993;Brintnall, 1995). Over the decade between 1980 and 1990, African Americans increased their presence on political science faculties from 2.7% of the fulltime faculty in 1980 to 4.4% in 1990 (Ards & Woodard, 1992). Over the decade between 1980 and 1990, African Americans increased their presence on political science faculties from 2.7% of the fulltime faculty in 1980 to 4.4% in 1990 (Ards & Woodard, 1992).…”