The Chronicle of Higher Education
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Extra Duties of Black Professors

To the Editor:

As a black faculty member at a large, overwhelmingly white, public university located in a city with a majority-black population, I understand Jerald Walker's point of view ("Visible Man," Careers, October 12). For black faculty members at such institutions, there is often pressure to participate in university and community events...

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