A Dilemma of Black Communication Scholars
The Challenge of Finding New Rhetorical Tools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18985127 |
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| Authors | Deborah F Atwater (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-16 |
| Publication date | 1984-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193478401500102 |
| OpenAlex | W2074015208 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
According to Florence Ladd, Dean of Students at Wellesley College, Escalating retrenchment virtually guarantees that no substantial gains in the number of Black faculty will be realized in the future (quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, May 18, 1981). To be sure, the retrenchment process entails increasingly detailed scrutiny of faculty credentials in tenure/promotion reviews. In a recent study of the Urban League, it is reported that over 45% of the surveyed Black faculty members without tenure rated their chances of obtaining tenure as limited. To further substantiate the preceding point, a recent comparative study of minority and nonminority faculty perceptions of career opportunities at Penn State (1982} found that no Black faculty on the tenure track indicated they thought tenure is possible or expect to get tenure and make a career at Penn State. It is within this tenuous academic environment that the search for new rhetorical tools by Black communication scholars will be discussed
Dilemma · Epistemology · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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