In 2016, Otis College of Art and Design President Bruce W. Ferguson designated a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force dedicated to pursuing proactive initiatives that establish diversity and equity efforts in the classroom, in
faculty hiring practices, and in supporting students of color on campus.
Not exact matches
Proven experience with human resources policies, procedures and
practices, including the ability to
hire and retain talented
faculty and staff
Specific issues addressed in ADVANCE Institutional Transition Awards are mirrored in the feedback on the POWRE program:
faculty mentoring programs, dual - career
hiring programs, pay - equity studies, strengthening family - friendly
practices, campus climate initiatives, and more.
In the meantime, the study by Mr. Chronister and Mr. Baldwin provides the clearest indication that the
practice of
hiring full - time
faculty members off the tenure track is a permanent fixture of academe.
In our upcoming book, The Two Body Problem (Johns Hopkins Press), we examine the policies and
practices employed by colleges and universities that try to respond to the needs of dual - career couples, focusing specifically on cases in which the initial
hire is a
faculty member.
I think this commitment is represented well by HGSE
faculty members, including some
hired during my deanship, for example: Nancy Hill with her work on parenting and family socialization
practices across ethnic, socio - economic, and neighborhood contexts; Meira Levinson with her work on civic and multicultural education; Natasha Warikoo with her work on race, immigration, inequality, and culture as they relate to education; and Hiro Yoshikawa with his work on the development of young children in immigrant families.
Hiring practices are a vital part of increasing
faculty diversity, but retention is equally critical.
(ii) some law schools have failed to provide their students with the skills needed to actually
practice law (as described in the ABA's 1992 MacCrate Report — http://www.abanet.org/legaled/publications/onlinepubs/maccrate.html); this is reflected in many law schools preference for
hiring new
faculty that have not spent much time
practicing law.
As far as I'm concerned, the best nugget of the NYTimes article discussed
hiring of law school professors at top - tier law schools since 2000; the median amount of practical experience was one year, and nearly half of
faculty members have never
practiced law for a single day.