Loyola Marymount University
PAE-9: Support Programs for Future Faculty

As a part of LMU’s Strategic Plan for the Office of Intercultural Affairs, LMU has in place: 1) Faculty Profile that supports LMU’s goal to increase ethnic and gender diversity within the academy. The profile contains data that describes full-time faculty and students by college or school and ethnicity and gender. 2) Academic Community of Excellence that is designed to prepare underrepresented students for graduate and professional programs. It consists of faculty and staff mentoring, workshops on academic strategies, psychological support services, undergraduate research opportunities and scholarly forms and publications. 3) First to Go Program that pairs each first –generation student with a faculty mentor, and a network of LMU staff and Alumni as well as increases awareness about research opportunities graduate/professional school options 4) Human Resources recruitment resources for women and minority faculty 5) Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA) Hiring Summit which reviews college-wide data on faculty search processes and outcomes every three years to increase emphasis on mission and diversity in hiring processes 6) BCLA annual lunches with the Dean 7) BCLA Faculty Parent Group to support faculty with children 8) BCLA annual Dean’s Listening Sessions 9) Faculty Retention Toolkit with strategies particularly useful in retaining women and faculty-of-color 10) President’s Leadership Development Initiative which is a leadership development program that serves as a catalyst for change to create an effective inclusive university environment where all faculty and staff can succeed. 11) Recruiting and Hiring Faculty for Mission is a professional development program that aims to hire candidates who are supportive of and will contribute to LMU’s distinctive mission as a Catholic university, who will enhance ethnic diversity and who will contribute to gender equity. http://www.lmu.edu/about/diversity/intercultural/Diversity_Resources/For_Faculty.htm http://www.lmu.edu/about/diversity/intercultural/Strategic_Plan/Initiatives.htm