“Recruiting more diverse faculty members is going to require developing a pipeline, getting to know faculty member while they’re in their Ph.D. programs and establishing relationships,” Thornton says.
Barefoot has jumped at the chance to hire qualified faculty of color, even when positions aren’t technically available. To keep pace with the growing number of students of color, Barefoot says, “We’re going to hire a [viable] candidate whether we have an opening or not. If we don’t make progress fast enough, we’ll lose some the progress we’ve made on the student side. Students want to see faculty that look like them.”
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