Anatomy of a Community College Faculty Diversity Program

Resurfacing Race: Recruitment & Retention of Faculty in California Community Colleges

“…Program at a network of community colleges in Southern California that provide graduate students an opportunity to teach a community college course and shadow a community college faculty member, the same program being evaluated in this dissertation. However, the program evaluation did not include qualitative data and did not provide data on the current faculty demographics at the research site (Jeffcoat & Piland, 2012).…”

“…Both articles stressed the importance of providing new faculty opportunities to be mentored and a strong commitment from college administrators towards faculty diversity (Piercy, 2005;Jeffcoat & Piland, 2012).…”

“…The SDICCA Faculty Internship Program was established in 1994 with a small grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office with the goal of preparing faculty of color in the community colleges (Jeffcoat & Piland, 2012). These FDIPs were selected for the study because they have been in existence for over 20 years and represent urban, suburban, and rural regions of California.…”