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University Increases Jobs,
Employs Blacks, Women

By WAYNE MOXLEY

Increases in black and female
employees alone resulted in raising the
total University employment 5% from
March 1970 to March 1971 according to
figures released by Paul Saunier Jr.,
Director of University Relations.

In a report by Mr. Saunier who is also
Coordinator of Equal Opportunity
for the University, the employment of Negroes
is shown to have risen from 1,103 to 1,263 or
14%. The number of women employees
increased by 317 to 3,241 or up 10%. Females
compose 52% of the work force.

Professional employment, which includes
faculty, declined slightly due to reductions in
research positions. The number of male
professionals was reduced by 21, but female
professionals rose by 16, and the number of
Negro professionals increased by 10. There are
now 32 Negroes out of a total of 2,413
professionals.

In the officials and managers category total
employment jumped from 317 to 410. The
number of Negroes in this group rose from 4 to
8 while the number of women dropped from 63
to 53.

Claiming 106 of the total increase of 167,
Negroes pushed their number to 229 of the
1,420 clerical and office employees. Females
make up 1,306 of that total.

The number of Negroes and women in the
skilled and semi-skilled job categories also
increased. Males provided the greatest raise in
semi-skilled operatives increasing from 56 to
104.

Photo By Andre Berkin

University Employee

More Blacks, Women hired in 1971

Unskilled laborers decreased from 88 to 39
while the number of Negro laborers rose from 2
to 8. There are no female laborers.

The percentage of the 937 service workers
who are Negro declined slightly from 72% to
71%. The main rise in the number of service
workers was due to the increase of females
from 458 to 527.

These figures are taken from annual reports
made by the University's Department of
Personnel to the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.