White male, 40+ years old, and I teach university history.
Your knowledge of college obviously comes from talk radio and other fantasies.
Four out of five of our senior staff (Associate and Full Professors) are male, and I’m due to join them within a year. And that’s good, because my foundation grant runs out after three semesters.
Admittedly, our school is considered elite, but wouldn’t that make it even more susceptible to affirmative action?
5 positions, in one department, in one university in the south.
not exactly instructive in the nationwide trend. And in history, it doesnt surprise me. That field doesn’t normally attract women,, too much war to understand. It doesnt really interest them.
So, you are generalizing from one history department in who knows what university?
Having observed humanities departments and their hiring practices at several elite universities, including Harvard, it is absolutely accurate to say that getting hired as a white male is a major challenge...even more so if you aren’t a know postmodern/feminist almost-a-male.
Stanford, for example, has increased its “diversity” by telling departments with positions to fill that they can fill it with a white male...or they can fill it with a woman and get an extra 1/2 position (allows a joint appointment with another department) or they can fill it with a black and get an entire extra position.
Even engineering and physics departments are being force-fed females who, once they are on board, make sure that hiring standards continue to erode.