Abstract
This article critiques assumptions that simple market dynamics will resolve faculty diversity deficits, examining how structural and cultural factors in higher education continue to impede the recruitment, tenure, and retention of minority and women scholars. Using argumentative analysis situated in communication administration, this article outlines how impending retirements and a shrinking doctorate pipeline intersect with committee service overload, student mentoring demands, and evaluative bias to constrain publication productivity and tenure success. Discussion explores how research focusing on oppression can activate prejudice within personnel review, and how patriarchal norms amplify gender inequities. Administrative strategies are proposed, including delayed committee appointments, targeted mentoring, balanced workload distribution, and bias awareness training, aimed at fostering equitable tenure outcomes. By integrating insights from organizational culture, affirmative action policy, faculty development, and labor economics, this article provides a practical framework for enhancing institutional equity and sustaining scholarly excellence.
Recommended Citation
Hahn, Dan F.
(1990)
"To Hell with the Forest: Find the Trees,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 71, Article 12.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol71/iss1/12
