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By Cynthia Annett | April 25, 2002
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According to your report on his evaluation by the Kansas Board of
Regents, Chancellor Hemenway cited increased minority faculty as one of
his accomplishments. However, the regents had better check the
chancellor's math. According to Kansas University's own data, the
number of tenured minority faculty in 2001 totaled 79, down from 82 in
1999, so there are actually fewer minority faculty in secure, permanent
positions above entry level. Minority faculty are not being retained or
promoted.
Including tenure-track as well as tenured minority faculty, there were
126 in 2001. This is an increase from 125 in 1999, that's true, but I
would hardly brag about an increase of one in a three-year period. The
only reason why there appears to be an increase in 2001 was that KU
lost ground in 2000. There was a significant decrease in the number of
minority faculty in 2000 (down from 125 in 1999 to 119 in 2000). But
honestly, KU has only been making up lost ground this year, and that is
not a true increase.
What are the prospects for 2002? Pretty dismal, according to KU's data:
the net gain in minority faculty and librarians from 2001 to 2002 is 0.
That's right, 0. There have been 11 hires and 11 terminations, which
equals a net gain of 0.
In the year 2002, KU is still a long way from the chancellor's 1995
goal of "200 in 2000." Is that what he is trying to hide? Or is he
having trouble with his math?
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Originally published by the Lawrence Journal-World.
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