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Lumbee Faculty Almost
: Extinct at UNC-P?
Follow ing is slfme information about the hiring practices of UNC-P
You may be*6oncerncd about the employment statistics on UNCPs
web site. ^
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Fact Book
2003-2004
; Faculty and Staff
. Full-time Employees bv Race/Etluiicitv and Gender Full-time Instruc*
tional Faculty bv Race/Ethnicitv and Gender
I _The University of North Carolina at Pembroke w as founded by and
* for American Indians. Pembroke Normal School was founded about
* 1887 to train Indian Students to become teachers to help educate all
Indians in the Robeson and surrounding counties. Over the years
other races have.becn welcomed However, it appears that in recent
* years American Indian leadership for employment and faculty has
been overlooked J
We are concetn'ed that there appears to be only eight American
! Indian professorsfcvho are full time faculty members at UNC-P. There
? arc 204 full time faculty members. It is very important to our American
* Indian students that they have positive role models. Native Ameri.
can professors at UNC-P could be an excellent motivational tool for
_ our students as role models.
I It appears that Dr. Linda Oxendine is the only American Indian
faculty member who is a full professor with tenure.
' The inclusion of more American Indian professors would be an
; excellent recruiting tool to get many Indian students from other parts
* of the U. S. to attend UNC-P.
In the past few months several faculty and administrative positions
! have been advertised and filled without qualified American Indians
; being interviewed or hired. In many cases no American Indians were
! on the screening committees during the hiring process. Several American
Indians were teaching in the departments where jobs were advertised
but did not get an interview.
UNC-P currently has only one American Indian who is an Aca
demic Department Head (Dr. Linda Oxendine).
; Over the past few years several .excellent Americans Indians have
! retired, Iefi or moved to other positions and they have been replaced
| by other races and n^t one of these positions have been filled by
! American Indians.
* The following chairmanships, faculty and administrative positions
have been lost and not filled by American Indians. We have lost the
Chairman of the Math Department (Dr. Gilbert Sampson), Cliairwoman
of the Education Department (Dr. Zoc Locklear), Chairwoman of the
Business Department (Dr Norma J Ihompson). director 01 numan
Resources (Ms Kale Locklear). Director of Sponsored Research (Mr
Gene Bruyboy). Director of Book Store (Mr Reggie Strickland), and
Director vf Student Affairs (I)r Diaiine O.xendinc). Dr Dalton Brooks
(Physics Professor). David Mas nor (Business Professor). Mr Joe
McGirt (Science Professor) None of these positions have been replaced
with Native Americans
It appears that the following departments do not Iiave a full-time
American Indian professor in the w hole department Art. Chemistry &
Physics. Mass Communications. English. History. Math. Sociology.
Criminal Justice. Computer Science. Music. Philosophy & Religion.
Political Science. Public Management, and Psychology & Counseling
Departments
The School of Education lias only one full time American Indian (Dr
Afford Bryant teaches'/? tune in the Education Department and works
'/: tunc in \he Continuing Ed. Dcpartmcnts?Thc Sociology. Social
Work and Criminology Department have only one American Indian
Professor J*v1rs Debbie Branch teaches Social Work Courses ) There
are not any American Indian Professors who teach any Sociology or
Criminal Justice courses
W'e have more than 1000 Lumbces in Robeson County and adjoining
counties with education degrees More than 25% of these educators
have master's degrees and we probably have at least 25 with Doctoral
Degrees in Education within a 40 mile radius of UNC-P.
There are two full-time professors in the School of Education at UNCP
who have only a Master Degrees in Education. .
Many American Indians who appear to be qualified for faculty positions
and other administrative positions which arc being filled do not
get the courtesy of an interview
Special Note: Statistics on full-time employees by occupational titles
from above website
There are only 8 American Indian full fimc professors out of 204
professors
There are 174 w hite full time professors
There arc more black full time professors than American Indian (9)
There are 7 Asian Professors
There are 6 Hispanic Professors
There arc 65 American Indian Maintenance workers out of 77. how ever,
there arc onk-5 white maintenance workers _
It appears that American Indians professors are not adequately represented
in the American Indian Studies Department According to
the UNC-P catalogue the following professors were named as the
teachers in the American Indian Studies Department: Dr Linda Oxendinc
(Cltairpcrson), John Bowman, Stanley Knick. Ralph L. Steeds, Manuel
Conley, Darrcl J. Peters, Jay West, Richard Kaifia, and Robert Reising.
The African American Siudies courses at Fayettville State University,
Shaw, etc...arc tayglit by African American professors. However,
that is not the way it is donirat UNC-P. Why? - .
Chancellor's Remarks:
Dr. Allen Meadows. Chancellor, "we have increased the number of
American Indian students cnollcd at the University of North Carolina
at Pembroke bv 39.7% | from 686 to 958?OVERTWO HUNDRED
MORE THAN AT ANYTIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL],
This is true and we appreciate the excellent administrative leadership
of Mrs. Jackie Clark, Dr. Meadows and all who helped in this
effort Mrs. Clark (Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management) is
an American Indian woman w ho is very professional, qualified and
dedicated to UNC-P. We need many more like her.
Dr. Allen Meadows said "This University was created to give our
citizens an opportunity- for a quality education in this region, nbj to be
an employee base for any specific group."
There are 958 American Indians students enrolled at UNC-P. This is
about 22% of.the totul student population. We should have at least
22%of all jobsat UN?-P This should include 22% of administrative
positions, full lime J.tfultv and .ill oilier jobs al (Ins fine Uni\crsit>
According to the organizational cliart of L'NC-P on the above web
sue ihcrc arc 89 employees in key administrative positions We can
onlv identify 8 American Indians in this organizational chart Twentytwo
percent of this number of key administrative positions should be
about 20 It appears that we arc short by about 14 American Indians in
administrative leadership positions
If there are 204 full-time teachers at UNC-P and we have only 8
American Indian teachers teaching full time, we should have 36 additional
full-time Native American teachers.
It appears that there arc only 2 American Indian males who arc in a <
top key administrative position from looking at UNC-P's organizational
chart (Dr Burney Burnett and Mr Larry Freeman). It appears
that there is only one American Indian male who is a full time faculty
member at UNC-P (Dr Alford Bry ant).
From the above it would appear tliat the American Indians are under
represented in key full-time teachers and administrators by 50 positions.
Our American Indian Students, African American Students,
While Students and others deserve better Div ersity allows the assets
of many groups to be harnessed to make for a greater UNC-P
American Indians do not expect to be an exclusive employee ba??.,
but we do expect commdh decency and expect that the full time teaching
faculty and administrative positions be proportional to the student
enrollment. American Indian students make up 22% of the student
body and 22% of the top administrative positions and 22% of the
faculty should be American Indians.
This information >vas compiled and shared by Dr. Reginald
'Oxendine. It is shared with you by the Carolina Indian Voice as a
public service. If you are concerned about the loss of Native Ameri-.
cap positions at UNCP, do not hesitate to state your opinion. Call Dr. \
Meudors. Call the members of the UNCP Board of Trustees. Write
them. E-mail them. Someone once said all it takes for evil to triumph
is that good men do NOTHING!
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