How Educators Get Top Jobs: Understanding Race and Sex Differences in the "Old Boy Network"

by Mildred J. Hudson

Overview

This is the first study to separate men, women, blacks, and whites to analyze how they get top jobs. It presents evidence to support the thesis that equal employment opportunity laws stopped short of ensuring equal access to jobs for women and minorities, and it exposes a national employment structure that results in preferential treatment for white males.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819188779
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	03/16/1993
Series:	Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series; 2
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.48(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Mildred J. Hudson is a Program Officer for a major foundation in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Hudson's book has brought to the forefront some of the complexities of racial and gender bias in modern industrial society...(It) highlights the inequity of the current selection procedure for school superintendents. At the same time, it contributes to a theoretical formulation that addresses the issue of equity for all occupations.

Eugene Litwak

We owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Mildred J. Hudson, an African-American scholar, for uncovering new forms of employment discrimination that prevent Blacks, women and other minorities from getting top jobs. Dr. Hudson has blazed a trail in this study by putting to rest the concept of 'reverse discrimination'.

Sondra Kathryn Wilson

I have never seen a book on school administration that is so open and forthright in telling the true facts about prejudice in hiring and promotion...This is a superb treatment of a difficult topic.

Rosella Linskie

This is an important book with serious implications for public policy in education.

Dr. Beverly Caffee Glenn

At last! A much needed document that will help us understand the process and what happens to women and minorities. Congratulations!

Effie H. Jones