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Building a Diverse Faculty: A Bold New Paradigm for Tenure Track Searches

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Overview

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Explore a comprehensive webinar on revolutionizing tenure-track faculty searches to promote diversity in higher education. Delve into the critical importance of improving hiring practices to shape institutional leadership through 2055. Examine the inherent biases in conventional search methods and learn practical strategies to increase representation from historically underrepresented groups across all disciplines. Discover a six-phase approach to transforming the search process, from building diverse applicant pools to making inclusive hiring decisions. Gain valuable insights particularly relevant for predominantly white institutions and mission-driven organizations. Acquire tools and techniques to mitigate bias at every stage, from job descriptions to final deliberations. Understand the long-term impact of these hiring decisions and learn how to implement a bold new paradigm for faculty searches that can create lasting change in academic institutions.

Syllabus

Intro
Overarching Themes
What is your system designed to do?
Preparatory Phase: Strategic Planning
Tactical Planning
Build a Diverse Candidate Pool
Describing the Position
Public Phase: The Job Description
Mitigating Bias: Strategy
Application stage
Preliminary interview stage
Final interview stage
Final deliberations
Does it work?

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