Fishing in Shallow Waters: The Nebraska Legislature and the State's Faculty Quotas

Authors

Gary Trogdon Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

October 2001

Abstract

As part of the "Issues of Recruitment and Retention" and "Building Diversity in the University and Community" topics, I propose to analyze the nature, affects and concerns at the University of Nebraska in hiring and retaining women and people of color. Legislative Bill 389 has had four years, but did it work? Could it work?