Affirmative Action report reveals minority management staff reaches record level

The fact that the proportion of minority administrators and managers at Emory reached a record level in 1994 "is indicative of Emory's commitment not just to talking about diversity, but to actually doing something about it," said Robert Ethridge, associate vice president and director for Equal Opportunity Programs.

The jump in the percentage of minority employees in the University's executive/ administrator/manager category between 1993 and 1994 (from 8 percent to 10 percent) reflects the largest ratio of minorities ever to hold managerial positions in Emory's history. The 1994 figures are included in the recently published 1995 annual update of Emory's Affirmative Action Plan.

Ethridge said that in addition to Emory's success in diversifying its management staff, the University also saw a marked increase in minorities in the overall non-faculty employee category last year. The proportion of minorities in non-faculty positions increased from 35 percent in 1993 to 43.8 percent in 1994. In addition, the ratio of minorities in four of six non-faculty job categories increased in 1994 over the previous year.

"A lot of people in the Atlanta area and nationally are well aware of our efforts to diversify our faculty and staff," Ethridge said, " and they therefore become interested in coming here themselves. The 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as the Cultural Olympiad, also make the city and Emory very attractive. We also have a good benefits program, and that attracts a lot of qualified people."

Staff composition

Between 1993 and 1994, the proportion of minority staff (excluding Emory Hospital employees):

*increased from 23.4 percent to 24 percent of professional/ non-faculty;

*increased from 47.1 percent to 48.3 percent of secretarial/ clerical staff;

*decreased from 36.2 percent to 33.8 percent of technical/ paraprofessional personnel;

*increased from 34.6 percent to 36.3 percent of skilled crafts workers; and

*decreased from 73.7 percent to 73.5 percent of service/ maintenance personnel.

African-Americans account for 33.6 percent of University non-faculty employees. The ratio of African-Americans:

*increased from 6.3 percent to 7.8 percent of executive/ administrator/managers;

*increased from 16.9 percent to 17.4 percent of professional/ non-faculty;

*increased from 44.8 percent to 45.5 percent of secretarial/ clerical staff;

*increased from 33.1 percent to 34.5 percent of technical/ paraprofessional personnel;

*increased from 29.5 percent to 29.9 percent of skilled crafts workers; and

*decreased from 73.2 percent to 72.9 percent of service/ maintenance staff.

The breakdown of minority employees in non-faculty positions (including Emory Hospital employees) includes 90.9 percent African-Americans, 5.4 percent Asians, 2.8 percent Hispanics and 0.2 percent Native Americans.

The ratio of women in non-faculty positions (excluding Emory Hospital) rose slightly from 1993 to 1994, from 66.2 percent to 66.3 percent of 3,524 regular, full-time University staff. Between 1993 and last year, the proportion of female staff:

*increased from 39 percent to 40 percent of executive/administrator/managers;

*decreased from 71.4 percent to 71.3 percent of professional/ non-faculty;

*decreased from 89.5 percent to 88.9 percent of secretarial/ clerical staff;

*increased from 48.8 percent to 50.6 percent of technical/ paraprofessional personnel;

*decreased from 3.8 percent to 1.3 percent of skilled crafts workers; and

*increased from 40.3 percent to 40.8 percent of service-maintenance staff.

Faculty composition

Ethridge said that Emory College appointed more minority faculty members in 1994 than he had anticipated and that "most of our peer institutions have half the black faculty members that Emory does." He cited as Emory's primary peer institutions Duke, Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins universities, Washington University in St. Louis, and several Ivy League universities. Minorities and women both posted modest gains in faculty strength between 1993 and 1994. As of September 1994, Emory employed 1,947 regular full-time faculty. Minorities comprise 13.8 percent of the total, up from 11.9 percent in 1993. Minority faculty members comprise:

*6.1 percent of full professors (down from 6.6 percent);

*10.3 percent of associate professors (down from 10.6 percent);

*17.5 percent of assistant professors (up from 17.3 percent);

*21.8 percent of instructors (up from 15.8 percent); and

*14.8 percent of lecturers (up from 14.3 percent).

Of Emory's 719 full- and part-time tenured faculty members, 8 percent [58] are members of minority groups. An additional 68 minority faculty are on the tenure track.

The composition of minority faculty members includes 39 percent African-Americans, 42.4 percent Asians, 16.3 percent Hispanics and 1.5 percent Native Americans.

In 1994, women accounted for an unprecedented 30 percent of the regular full-time faculty, up from 27.6 percent the previous year. Women comprise:

*12.1 percent of full professors (up from 10.9 percent);

*25.3 percent of associate professors (up from 25 percent);

*33.8 percent of assistant professors (down from 34 percent);

*54 percent of instructors (up from 49 percent); and

*48.1 percent of lecturers (down from 50 percent).

One-hundred twenty-eight women account for 17.8 percent of the tenured faculty. An additional 139 women are on the tenure track.

--Dan Treadaway