The new resources will also improve the search, selection and recruitment process, and help to meet the work-life needs of faculty members — such as providing child-care services to retain faculty.
Columbia is working with the New York Academy of Sciences and is establishing a consortium of area universities, medical schools and industries with a view toward creating, among other options, a high-end job bank for science positions in the New York area. In addition, the vice provost’s Task Force on Diversity in Science and
Engineering has been tasked with finding ways to strengthen the pipeline bringing women and minority students into the university’s undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral programs.
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