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Inclusive Faculty Hiring: Promising Practices for Increasing Higher Education Faculty Diversity

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper reviews and synthesizes the extant work on promising practices in recruiting and hiring diverse college faculty in an equitable, inclusive process. First, I discuss the substantial demographic mismatch between faculty, the general working-age population, and undergraduate students. I then discuss the evidence that representational faculty diversity benefits students. I then integrate the literature on promising practices in inclusive faculty recruitment to recommend four strategies: better position advertisements, ongoing, proactive recruitment, thoughtful committee assignment and training, and a more deliberate, deliberative process. I offer multiple tactics within each strategy and urge institutions to adopt and prioritize whatever mix of these and other strategies/tactics makes the most sense for them.

Source: Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice

DOI: 10.33423/jhetp.v24i9.7284

Author: Bill D. Herman

Institution: Metropolitan State University of Denver

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Oregon State University, Office of Diversity and Inclusion