EEO has been added to the charge for EDAC.
Whereas 76.3% (see Appendix B) of community college full-time faculty are white and 81% of part-time faculty are white, and
Whereas the community college student population consists of a majority of historically underrepresented students, and
Whereas it is important that students identify culturally and demographically with their faculty,
Resolved that the Academic Senate urge local academic senates to make every effort to follow affirmative action hiring policies that will result in a faculty that is closer demographically and culturally to the community college student population, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to work with the Chancellor's Office to re-establish Affirmative Action Technical Advisory teams to train community college faculty hiring committees and to assess the accountability of community colleges in their hiring of diverse faculty.