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Committee of the Board of Regents at the May 21, 1982, meeting. These are social science, library science/archives, and education. Since that meeting, 11 positions were announced--3 librarians, 4 historians, and 4 in education--with the following results. Of some 440 applications for these positions, 33 known minorities applied (there may have been additional written applications where the person elected not to identify his or her race and ethnicity). Of the known minority applicants, only 3 could be referred as meeting position requirements. None of these were selected. Of the 11 selections, 6 were women. In order to improve minority recruiting in these areas, the Institution is stressing the use of entry level positions and more lead time to locate qualified potential applicants. Worth noting are two recent selections, neither of which are reflected in current statistics. Minority women were selected to fill the positions of Director of the Museum of African Art and Career Awareness Coordinator with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. 

[[underlined]]Improvement in Higher Grades[[/underlined]]
Over the last three years, both non-minority and minority women have shown upward movement into selected higher grade groupings (see Figure 6). For example, in grades 12-13, women have experienced consistent gains when compared to their male counterparts. In FY 1980, 1981, and 1982, non-minority women were 24.6%, 26.5% and 29.0% compared to 65.0%, 62.9%, and 59.3% for their male counterparts. Similarly, minority women were: 3/0%, 3.6% and 4.5% compared to minority men whose representation was more erractic and less significant: 7.3%, 7.0% and 7.2%.