University of New Hampshire
PA-7: Support for Future Faculty Diversity

UNH enhances recruitment and retention of a widely diverse faculty through funding, partnering, and retention programs with a particular emphasis on the next 35 years on racial and ethnic minorities, as well as on women in traditionally under-represented fields with particular focus on the STEM disciplines. The Faculty Mentoring and Professional Development Program assists junior faculty in their academic career development through the guidance and support of experienced University faculty members who serve as role models, advisors and mentors. The Program also offers knowledge-based, skill-enhancing and leadership development seminars to department chairs and senior faculty on issues facing pre-tenured faculty, higher education and academia. The overarching goal of the FMPDP is to nurture and cultivate junior faculty to become the next generation of academic leaders while offering tenured faculty necessary professional development opportunities to build and expand professional skills. Additionally, the mentoring program was designed to address challenges faced by junior faculty, as well as, attend to specific concerns experienced by faculty from under-represented groups (faculty of color, women, GLBT status, women in STEM, etc). UNH ADVANCE is an NSF-funded project focused on strengthening policies and practices to address gender imbalance, particularly in STEM disciplines. UNH ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) builds on information gained in a 2009 ADVANCE PAID grant, Enhancing and Advancing the Scholarship of STEM Women Faculty at UNH. The ADVANCE IT grant, UNH Unbiased, will offer programs and activities in support of long-term institutional initiatives: - Recruitment and Retention: will develop equitable recruiting practices and strategies to prevent the loss of valued faculty. - Policies: will be directed at improving departmental climates and practices to ensure long-term change. - Leadership: will offer leadership skill development opportunities for all academic leaders to encourage supportive climates. - Tracking our Success: will be accomplished by collecting institutional data measuring these initiatives. The annual Diversity Progress Report closely examines statistical data with regards to the recruitment and retention of minorities.

See also http://www.unh.edu/advance/.