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According to the 2018 EAB report Instilling Equity and Inclusion in Departmental Practices Guiding Faculty Recruitment and Retention, “The most successful institutions rely on active faculty networks to identify and create relationships with talented underrepresented candidates.” Ongoing candidate development and networking is critical. If this effort is successful, once a position becomes available, the department should have well-developed and diverse group of potential candidates to personally invite to apply. Opportunities to develop recruiting networks include:
As you attend academic conferences, meetings and other disciplinary events, faculty and staff should look for and engage promising upcoming scholars who may contribute to increasing diversity in your unit. When this responsibility is included in position descriptions or assigned along with a course release, the results are much more robust.
The Southern Regional Education Board works with states to improve public education at every level, from early childhood through doctoral education. SREB also helps policymakers, institutions and educators share scarce resources to accomplish more together than they could alone. The 16 states part of SREB are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Nationally this organization is seen as a rich recruiting resource. Faculty and committee members should consider posting and/or participating in the following:
Build relationships with scholars who are nearing the completion of their programs through formal learning/development opportunities.
Minority serving institutions (MSIs) are a vital part of U.S. higher education, providing access to college for millions of students of color, many of whom are from low-income backgrounds and are the first in their family to attend college. Both advertising as well as pipeline development with MSIs by faculty can be very productive and rewarding. MSIs include:
Utilize digital social networks to reach people where they are already actively conversing or subscribed. Identify specific contexts for communication in the following venues: