- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An analysis of factors influencing the shortage of minorities in the teaching profession,1975-1990, 2003
- Creator:
- Blount, William R.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The shortage of minority teachers has generated much concern among educators and professional organi-zations, such as the Carnegie Forum on Education, the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and the newly created Homes Group. This research sought to examine the literature pertaining to factors influencing the shortage. r.ority teachers in the teaching field. A preliminary baseline study of the literature relating to the shortage of minorities in the teaching field was conducted utilizing both manual and computerized literature searches. The universe of data studies was literature pertaining to the shortage of minority teachers. An in-depth study of the literature was performed utilizing eight variables, namely: 1. Salary 2. Career Advancement 3. Racial Composition of Teachers 4. Fringe Benefits 5. Bonuses 6. Continuous Testing of Teachers 7. Rural/Urban Working Environment 8. Funds for Professional Growth and Development An in-depth study of the literature in relationship to the variables constituted the major aspect of the research. Content analysis was the major research ap-proach utilized in this study. This approach was selected because it provided a systematic, objective and quanti�tative research technique for analyzing contents. Content analysis is a research technique for making replicable and valid inferences from data to their con-text, or a research technique for the objective, system-atic, and quantitative description of the manifest of communication. The results of this investigation supported the basic premise that the variables identified contribute to the shortage of minorities in the teaching profession.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2003_blount_william_r
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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