Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.74
Liaison Stephen Ellis
Submission Date March 1, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Boston University
PA-7: Support for Future Faculty Diversity

Status Score Responsible Party
-- 0.00 / 1.00 Dennis Carlberg
Associate Vice President for Sustainability
BU Sustainability

Criteria

Institution administers and/or participates in a program or programs to help build a diverse faculty throughout higher education.

Such programs could take any of the following forms:

  • Teaching fellowships or other programs to support terminal degree students from underrepresented groups in gaining teaching experience. (The terminal degree students may be enrolled at another institution.)
  • Mentoring, financial, and/or other support programs to prepare and encourage undergraduate or other non-terminal degree students from underrepresented groups to pursue further education and careers as faculty members.
  • Mentoring, financial, and/or other support programs for doctoral and post-doctoral students from underrepresented groups.

Applicability

This credit applies to all institutions. 


Scoring

Institutions earn 1 point for this credit by administering or participating in a program that meets the criteria outlined above. Partial points are not available for this credit.


Measurement

Timeframe

Report on current program offerings and status.   

Sampling and Data Standards

Not applicable

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.