This Washington Post opinion article has created a lot of controversy in both academic circles and on social media. The article discusses higher education professor, Marybeth Gasman’s views on the lack of diversity among tenured college and university faculty populations. Dr. Gasman asserts that academic institutions profess a commitment to teach and abide by equity and equality when it comes to curriculum and student population, they exclude minorities from tenured faculty positions citing lack of quality among the candidate pool. The article highlights 5 key areas of concern and four solutions to end lack of diversity in higher education’s tenured faculty teaching
