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Interrupting the Usual: Successful Strategies for Hiring Diverse Faculty

Daryl G. Smith, CAROLINE SOTELLO VIERNES TURNER, Nana Osei-Kofi, Sandra Richards

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Abstract

While campuses engage in efforts to diversify their faculties, these efforts are perhaps the least successful of diversity initiatives. This study investigates the conditions under which faculty are hired. The findings highlight the significance of intentional strategies for the hiring of underrepresented faculty of color.

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While campuses engage in efforts to diversify their faculties, these efforts are perhaps the least successful of diversity initiatives. This study investigates the conditions under which faculty are hired. The findings highlight the significance of intentional strategies for the hiring of underrepresented faculty of color.

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While campuses engage in efforts to diversify their faculties, these efforts are perhaps the least successful of diversity initiatives. This study investigates the conditions under which faculty are hired. The findings highlight the significance of intentional strategies for the hiring of underrepresented faculty of color.

Key concepts: Diversity (politics), Underrepresented Minority, Higher education, Personnel selection, Public relations, Medical education, Faculty development, Psychology

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