Trends and Issues in Recruiting and Retaining Women and Minority Faculty

It is critical for colleges and universities to recruit more diverse candidates to fill faculty positions as the teaching population ages. Commitment to the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty calls for leadership at all levels of the academic and administrative team. Learn about the demographic trends among women and minority faculty members and the considerations for colleges and universities.

What You Will Learn (Learning Objectives)

• Current research that identifies demographic shifts among female and minority faculty members in higher education
• Barriers to successful female and minority faculty retention and advancement
• Strategies institutions are using to recruit and retain underrepresented faculty
• Policies and programs that encourage career satisfaction and professional development
• Administrative cultures that encourage academic departments to hire more women and minorities
• Implications for higher education if current trends persist

Who Should Participate?

• Presidents and/or Chancellors
• Business Officers
• Provosts
• Human Resource/ Benefits Managers and Practitioners
• Compensation Specialists
• Academic Department Heads

Meet the Presenters

Ronald G. Ehrenberg is the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and a TIAA-Institute Fellow. He also is Director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute. From July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1998 he served as Cornell's Vice President for Academic Programs, Planning and Budgeting. A member of the Cornell faculty for 30 years, he has authored or co-authored over 120 papers and authored or edited 20 books. He was the founding editor of Research in Labor Economics, and served a ten year term as co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. He has served, or is serving, on several editorial boards and as a consultant to numerous governmental agencies and commissions and university and private research corporations. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research fellow at IZA (Berlin), was a member of the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association, chaired the AAUP Committee on Retirement, and the AAUP Committee on the Economic Status of the Profession, and is Past President of the Society of Labor Economists. He currently chairs the National Research Council's Board of Higher Education and serves on its committee on Gender Differences in the Careers of Science, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty and on the NACUBO Endowment Advisory Panel. He is a founding member of the National Academy of Social Insurance (Unemployment Insurance section), a National Associate of the National Academies of Science and Engineering and Institute of Medicine, a member of the National Academy of Education, and a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists.

Robert J. Jones is Senior Vice President for System Administration and provides leadership for institutional strategic planning, improvement, and accountability for the University of Minnesota system. His responsibilities include the administrative oversight of the coordinate campuses and other system-wide administrative and academic issues, such as direction and coordination of strategic planning and analysis; budgeting; and institutional research and accountability reporting, including legislative requests and the University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report; diversity, multiculturalism, equal opportunity; system community partnerships, international programs, and research and outreach programs. Dr. Jones has primary decision making responsibility, authority and accountability for the following units: Extension Service, University of Minnesota, Rochester, International Programs, Multicultural and Academic Affairs, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action, Business & Community Economic Development, the Grievance Office, Office of Technology, and System Research and Service Programs. Dr. Jones also is a professor Agronomy and Plant Genetics and an internationally recognized authority on corn physiology. Dr. Jones has been a strong leader for diversity initiatives at the University of Minnesota, in the United States, and in the world. He has twice sponsored a national symposium called Keeping Our Faculties: Addressing the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color. And at the height of the contentious battle over apartheid, Dr. Jones worked with Archbishop Desmond Tutu for ten years to provide black South African students with opportunities to attend U.S. colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota. Dr. Jones also served as an academic and scientific consultant for Archbishop Tutu's South African Education Program.

Jennifer Ma is a senior research fellow with the TIAA-CREF Institute. In addition to her research responsibilities, she oversees the annual TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award and manages the Institute's Research Grant Program. She is also editor of Research Dialogue, a TIAA-CREF Institute publication. She conducts research on issues related to the economics of higher education including saving for college, the impact of financial aid on college access and choice, the long-term consequences of attending college, and trends in the academic labor market. She has written on topics including the impact of education policies on student outcomes, saving for college with Section 529 plans, and trends in faculty demographics and employment patterns. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1999, and her B.A. from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1992.

Fees

Time

Available on-demand at any time.

Length

Approximately 100 minutes

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