title: Why African American women leave the academy: barriers to and opportunities for retention.
abstract: African American women have participated in higher education for well over a century. Although the journey has been difficult, significant achievements have been made. Today, fewer African American women doctoral recipients are choosing academic employment, and many of those who enter the academy later leave for employment in business, industry and the professions where salaries are often more attractive. Furthermore, the present decline of African American faculty women is expected to become more severe as the growth of the academic labor market levels off. If we are to successfully retain the pool of African American faculty women it is important to discover the reasons why an increasing number are voluntarily leaving the academy. This article is based on a cross-sectional study of 384 African American academic women which examines the primary barriers to faculty retention and offer suggestions to help prevent the further loss of African American women scholars.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Gregory
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D014481:United States