From:        PRIVATE

To:          faculty

Date:        Wednesday, December 21, 1994 4:57 pm

Subject:     affirmative action

To:        Faculty

 Date:      12/21/94

 Subject:   Affirmative Action Statement

When we read in the Affirmative Action Committee's draft statement of philosophy that "Given the likelihood of past discrimination (passive or active) as revealed in present underrepresentation of certain groups, the college will seek to broaden diversity among its faculty", we were most concerned. We think highly of this institution and agree that, if it did practice discrimination in hiring, we would certainly want such inequality redressed.  However, faced with the assertion that such active or passive discrimination has taken place, we reviewed the history of faculty and librarian hiring at Monmouth since 1982 and would like to share with you the results.  We constructed these data from memory and there may be occasional inaccuracies.

We would urge you to revise and update this data and share it with others.

These data include only those individuals hired for at least half‑time teaching who were here for at least two years.  Even granting that they are rough, the data strongly suggest that the College's hiring history between 1982 and the present does not suggest either active or passive discrimination of minorities. In fact, the data suggest just the opposite, namely that the College has been committed to diversity and has a record that we can be proud of and should celebrate.

In particular since 1982 the College has had an excellent record of hiring women.  There is also good representation of faculty members from countries other than the US, and from people of Color.  While there still remain some areas of concern‑‑African Americans and Hispanic Americans, in particular‑‑these are very specific situations which the draft statement on affirmative action does not necessarily address.

Since 1982, the College has hired 66 people of whom:

33 were White, American Men       (50.0%)

27 were Women                           (40.9%)

 1 was an African American man     ( 1.5%)

 5  were men from countries

     other than the US.                   (7.6%)

From a slightly different persective:

35 were White Men                   (53.0%)

26 were White Women             (39.4%)

 1 was a Woman of Color           ( 1.5%)                  

 4 were Men of Color                ( 6.1%)                   

Alternatively:                                        

  6 were from Countries

     other than the US               (  9.1%)

60 were from the US                (90.9%)

No doubt, there are other ways to sort these data.

Monmouth College Academic Hiring: 1982 ‑ 1994    

Faculty and Library Positions          

At least 1/2 time, continuing Positions

                         YR   DEPT  Woman  Non‑White Non‑US

Burhans (Adams)  82   SCTA    *                

Luebke               82   MUS                   

Luebke               82   MUS     *             

Crabbe              82   MFL     *             

Perry                 82   ENG     *             

Pesch                82   PEC                   

Pibal                 82   PEC                   

Hultgren            83   PEC     *             

Cogswell           83   MCS                    

Tucker              83   MCS     *             

Sienkewicz       84   CLAS                  

Smolensky        84   GOVT                  

Suda                84   HIST                  

Tyler               84   GEOL                  

Langworthy      84   PRS                   

Otten              84   PE                    

VanDen Berg    84   MFL     *             

VanDen Berg    84   MFL                   

Barnes (Bruce) 85   ENG     *                

Holm              85   MFL     *             

Wiedman        85   GEOL                  

Mozayan         85   PEC            *         *

Ambrose        86   PHYS           *         *

Bruflat           86   MFL                   

McGaan         86   SCTA                  

Meeker         86   ART     *             

Watson         86   ENG                   

Weiss           86   PEC                   

Noel            86   MFL                      *

Peterson      86   BIO                   

Scott           86   PRS            *      

Towers        86   EDUC                  

Gillogly        86   PRS                   

Haq             87   GOVT    *      *        *

Wayne         87   ESL     *             

Potts           87   PE      *             

Douglas        88   EDUC    *             

Keller          88   MFL                     *

Rankin (D.)  88   SCTA                  

Mills            88   GEOL                  

Betts           89   MUS                   

Cathey        89   PRS                   

Lavriviere   89   PSYC    *             

McMillan      89   PEC                   

Thoms        89   PEC     *             

Rogers        89   PEC                   

Mikesell      89   SCTA    *             

Olson         90   PE                    

McCabe      90   PE      *             

Sammartano 90   BIOL    *             

Bruce          90   EDUC                  

Parry‑Giles  91   SCTA    *             

Gremmels    91   LIB     *             

Stewart       92   PEC     *             

Herold         92   LIB     *             

O'Keefe       92   LIB     *             

Connell        93   PEC                   

Cramer        93   BIO                   

Falgiani       93   PEC     *             

Li               93   PRS            *         *

Trees          93   PHYS                  

Cordery      94   HIST    *             

Boehm        94   BIOL                  

Hanson        94   PEC                   

Pollitz         94   LIB                   

Smith          94   PE      *