Beloit College
PA-7: Support for Future Faculty Diversity

Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Faculty: Beloit College recognizes the presence of a diverse faculty as essential to the recruitment and retention of a diverse student body, as well as crucial to the education of all of our students. Domestic minority faculty members serve as models of high achievement for all students and play a key role in establishing a creative, inclusive, and welcoming environment for teaching and learning.  To realize strategic goals for enriching diversity on campus, the College is revising its faculty recruiting process and examining curricular diversity and pedagogues that value diverse ways of knowing and acting in the world.  Special attention is being directed at increasing the minority representation within each candidate pool. Recruitment: Conduct the faculty search process providing sufficient time and with suitable effort to build diverse candidate pools. Regularly seek minority nominations from colleagues at other institutions. Conduct database searches focused upon minority graduate student associations and minority faculty associations. Initiate and continue contact by Beloit faculty with diversity committees affiliated with major disciplinary associations, e.g., American Historical Association Committee on Minority Historians, Modern Language Association Committee on Minority Concerns. Identify and remain in close contact through the Dean’s office with universities that graduate significant numbers of minority PhD’s, e.g., Nova Southeastern University, Howard University, Ohio State, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Teachers College of Columbia University. Strengthen relationships through the Dean’s office and individual faculty with minority offices of the following professional organizations - American Association of Colleges and Universities, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives, American Association of University Professors, Committee on Historically Black Institutions and Scholars of Color. Support and participate actively in Associated Colleges of the Midwest consortium initiatives, including: ACM minority faculty recruitment tables at major professional conferences and at all conferences with strong minority representation. Information sharing among ACM colleges regarding positions available. Creation of a comprehensive minority candidate/faculty database managed by the ACM and accessible to all member colleges. Seek recommendations for candidates with diverse backgrounds from Beloit alumni, donors, and trustees, particularly those with ties to graduate programs in disciplines represented at Beloit. Educate and prepare individuals through the Dean’s Office and the Office of Human Resources to conduct and manage the search process from recruitment to final selection to ensure that there is full understanding of intercultural competency, hidden biases, and procedural guidelines. Retention: Provide strong mentorship for all faculty from the Dean’s office, at the department level, and within the faculty.Sponsor and promote social and academic activities for entering cohort groups both on and off campus and provide information and contacts with community organizations. Provide clear expectations for success as teachers, scholars, and citizens of the College. Actively involve minority faculty as conference attendees and presenters. Provide opportunities for leadership and for professional development for members of the faculty.