Initiative aims at a more diverse faculty at Stanford
(12-13) 09:38 PST Palo Alto, Calif. (AP) —
In a push for a more diverse faculty, Stanford University has embarked on a five-year plan to hire ten young scholars whose research focuses on the study of ethnicity and race.
The Faculty Development Initiative, according to the university, is a result of the Stanford provost’s commitment to create new faculty positions in the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
The center began its goal of enhancing diversity at the elite university in September by seeking ways to increase the fields of study at the school while also looking at the faculty’s gender, sexual orientation and racial makeup.
Stanford is seeking top talent from advanced graduate students who are finishing doctoral dissertations to assistant or newly-tenured professors. The initiative is funded by a $2.5 million gift as well as another $2 million grant from the Hewlett Foundation.
