The EEOC has made available this non-opinion letter
addressing faculty recruitment and the «especially encouraged» clause, which more or less says this, also pointing to 29 CFR 1607, i.e. addressing the Title VII issue.
The Black
Faculty and Staff Council at the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus was established in 1978 to
address «the unimpressive
recruitment and retention of black administrators and
faculty, as well as supporting students,» says professor Natasha Flowers, who co-chairs the council.