Babson College
PA-7: Support for Future Faculty Diversity

Babson supports future faculty diversity in the following ways: -Babson participates in The PhD Project, which was founded upon the premise that advancements in workplace diversity could be propelled forward by increasing the diversity of business school faculty. It helps African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans attain their business PhD and become the business professors who will mentor the next generation of leaders. Babson participates in conferences and is a member that has access to recruit from this organization, and has hired three faculty from the project. -Babson participates in The Partnership, Inc, to support the professional development of a diverse faculty and help them become acculturated to the Greater Boston area. -As part of the Babson, Olin, Wellesley Colleges collaboration, there is a faculty development program that mentors historically under-represented faculty to support their research and writing. -Babson is also a member of the Commonwealth Compact, a local organization that is bringing local New England schools together to collaborate on attracting diverse faculty to New England. The Commonwealth Compact convened a Massachusetts Business School Deans Committee to focus on strategies by which schools can produce better results in the areas of diverse faculty recruiting and retention through coordinated action, rather than individually.