Tag: Faculty Retention

Recruitment & Retention

University of Oregon Leads Retention Initiative for Faculty of Color

University of Oregon’s Center on Diversity and Community (CoDac) is leading a retention initiative for faculty of color, the Daily Emerald reported. The initiative will conduct exit interviews with faculty of color who have left in the past five years to learn how the institution might improve in terms of inclusion. The project is about […]

February 4, 2021

Recruitment & Retention

Institutions Still Working to Achieve Faculty Diversity Goals Despite COVID-19-Related Challenges

While the number of new hires has decreased in the COVID-19 era, the vision of more diverse and inclusive faculty remains decisive.

October 20, 2020

African-American

UC San Diego Receives Two Grants to Improve Faculty Diversity

The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) has been given two grants totaling $700,000 to improve its faculty diversity. The grants were funded by the University of California Office of the President through the UC Advancing Faculty Diversity grant program, according to UCSD. According to UCSD, the first grant – a one-time fund of […]

October 7, 2020

COVID-19

How Universities Can Recruit and Retain Diverse Faculty During the Pandemic

As universities across the country consider hiring freezes, how can they continue to recruit and retain diverse faculty amid the coronavirus?

April 22, 2020

Recruitment & Retention

Administrators: VCU Students Expect Diversity

As a result of its various programs and initiatives that make diversity and inclusion a top priority on campus, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has moved the needle for minority students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs.

August 28, 2018

Recruitment & Retention

AAC&U Annual Meeting Addresses Evolving Role of Higher Education

Education leaders gathered at the 104th annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to discuss higher education’s role in helping students achieve the “American dream” despite emerging discourse that the two are disconnected.

January 25, 2018

Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming Sees High Amount of Resignations

LARAMIE, Wyo. — University of Wyoming officials say they have lost 86 faculty members throughout the past academic year, four times more than it would lose in a typical year. The Laramie Boomerang reports the university suspects many of those that resigned left over concerns related to budget cuts and the central leadership of the […]

September 27, 2017

Faculty & Staff

‘Sense of Fit’ Can Make or Break Faculty Retention

Dr. Carlos Evia, assistant professor of professional writing at Virginia Polytechnic State University won’t be up for tenure until spring 2010, but he’s already worried about the final review.

December 10, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What kinds of initiatives do higher education institutions need to create supportive environments that facilitate minority faculty retention?Dr. Caroline S. Turnerassociate professor of educational policy and administration,University of MinnesotaThe recruitment and retention of faculty of color remains one of the most difficult challenges facing American higher education. Research findings — whether qualitative […]

May 26, 1999