英美报刊选读——第二单元辅导题目答案
1. The proportion of women among full-time faculty members doubledbetween 1972 and 1997, to ------- percent.
A. 38 B. 36 C. 20 D. 42
2. The percentage of ------ full-time faculty members has remained vitallystagnant over the last 20 years,
A. African-American B. Hispanic C.Asian-American D. woman
3. Asian-American full-time faculty members make up ------ percent of thetotal.
A .2.6 B. 5.5 C. 4.4 D.4.9
4. Which of the following statement is true?
A. According to a 1999 study, women and minority doctoral students are morelikely than white male doctoral students to want to be faculty members.
B. Regrettably, without this kind of internal pressure, the professoriate islikely to remain relatively homogeneous even as the student well served bythis trend.
C. Women make up only one-quarter of all fullprofessors, earn considerably less than men at every rank and hold adisproportionately high number of part-time and nontenure track positions.
D. Numerous studies, including our own, have shown that women and minorityprofessors do not experience social isolation any more. II 1. What does the “pipeline problem” refer to?
It refers to an undersupply of women andminorities enrolled in graduate programs. The more stubborn problem is thatthe pipeline often empties into uninviting territory.2. What will probably happen in universities where there is no externalpressure like public criticism and protests by the N.A.A.C.P. againstnetworks?
The professoriate is likely to remain relativelyhomogeneous even as the student well served by this trend. Worse, thedisparity would foster the misimpression that women and minorities arecapable enough to learn in college but not to teach and do research there. 3. According to numerous studies, what hardships are women and minorityprofessors experiencing?
Numerous studies, including our own, have shownthat women and minority professors still experience social isolation, subtleand occasionally overt prejudice, a lack of mentors and ambiguousexpectations.
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