However, Corrigan admits that creating needed change hasn't always been easy. When he arrived on campus, Corrigan appointed a university commission on human relations to assess the needs and propose responses for various diversity-related issues that concerned both students and faculty. On the issue of recruitment of minority faculty, Corrigan has worked toward reaching a critical mass. At SFSU, half of the eight college deans are minorities and one is a woman. To achieve a more diverse faculty, Corrigan has insisted that the hiring pools be as broad as possible.
Individual riches tend to float to the top.
You have to be shrewd and politically astute. If you're up against a governor or electorate that has voted to eliminate affirmative action, you need to find ways to continue to attain the end goal. Prior to passage of the anti-affirmative action Proposition 209 in California, the Presidents of the California State University system decided against taking any collective stance on the issue. Instead, Corrigan and others took strong individual anti-209 positions. We need to examine the process by which people move from one level to another.