Best Practices in Retaining Diverse Faculty and Staff

1. Policies that actively promote diversity
2. Campus welcome committee and Diversity Resource Guide
3. Leadership opportunities
4. Formal mentoring program
5. Employee Resources Group (ERGs) outreach
6. Collaborative research opportunities with senior faculty member
7. Training for career development and advancement
8. Regular follow-up and contact
9. Clearly stated evaluation standards
10. Diversity audits and exit interviews

Important Links

A select collection of scholarly articles on the experiences of diverse faculty and professionals

• Improving Campus Climate to Support Faculty Diversity and Retention
• Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice
• Smiling Faces and Colored Spaces: The Experiences of Faculty of Color Pursuing Tenure
• Unconscious Bias in Faculty and Leadership Recruitment
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack