Structural Diversity, Access, and Equity Fall 2020 Report

Completed

FACULTY SEARCH, HIRING, AND PROMOTION/TENURE INITIATIVES

• Developed annual training for all faculty search committees on conducting inclusive searches
• Created new training for the Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure (CART) on recognizing and reducing unconscious bias in the promotion and tenure review process
• Updated School of Continuing Education adjunct faculty search position language and implemented new outreach efforts, resulting in a broader pool and recent diverse hires 

COLLEGE-WIDE INITIATIVES

• Provided inclusive classroom and pedagogy workshops for new faculty
• IDEI awarded 22 mini-grants to faculty and student organizations for college-wide projects that further advance diversity, equity, and inclusion

SCHOOL-LEVEL INITIATIVES

• The Providence College School of Business has partnered with the Ph.D. Project in mentoring under-represented doctoral students and in diversifying the faculty
• The School of Arts and Sciences Task Force for Faculty Inclusion’s final report from January 2020 included 13 recommendations in review for implementation

In Process

• Creating an online faculty search tool kit, to be completed in the Spring 2021 semester
• Three cluster faculty hire searches are currently in progress, in support of Black Studies

Institutional Data

• The Division of Student Affairs staff diversity has reached 26%, up from 11% in 2015
• Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the admissions office reports enrollment of students of color in the Class of 2024 was 18%, slightly down from the previous year