Underfunded, Misunderstood, and Underappreciated: A First-Person History of Faculty Life inside an Urban Public University

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Title: Underfunded, Misunderstood, and Underappreciated: A First-Person History of Faculty Life inside an Urban Public University
Language: English
Authors: Ira Bogotch (ORCID 0000-0002-8606-5977), Luis Miron
Source: Education and Urban Society. 2026 58(3):338-360.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 23
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Public Colleges, Urban Universities, Schools of Education, College Students, Nontraditional Students, First Generation College Students, Part Time Students, Case Studies, Educational History, Personal Narratives, Educational Change, Race, Minority Group Students
Geographic Terms: Louisiana (New Orleans)
DOI: 10.1177/00131245251383873
ISSN: 0013-1245
1552-3535
Abstract: Public colleges and universities are neither funded equitably nor perceived as being equal. This is especially true for those institutions serving urban populations, where the student bodies are understandably comprised of part-time, non-traditional, older, and first-generation students. In colleges of education, specifically, these graduate students are often full-time public-school teachers and administrators. This case study looks deep inside an urban public university offering readers intimate, first-person life histories of two faculty members as authors. The University of New Orleans was created as the first integrated university to serve the city of New Orleans in 1958. Using the Department of Educational Leadership as the primary unit of analysis, the research describes the transition from a "Whites only" master's and doctoral program toward becoming a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive graduate leadership program -- reflective of the surrounding school districts -- during the decade of the 1990s.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1496421
Database: ERIC
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