Background

  • Provost

IE Action Plan Goal Type

  • Recruitment and Retention

IE Action Plan Goal Overview

  • 1
  • GOAL 1: Faculty Recruitment and Retention

Goal Description

  • DOFA is committed to developing and offering an inclusive faculty recruitment and retention program in collaboration with academic units and the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President. Implementation Strategies: 1. Develop a DOFA faculty recruitment, retention, and elevation handbook that centers inclusive faculty recruitment and retention guidelines and practices. Disseminate handbook on campus and post on the DOFA website for easy access and consultation. 2. Develop inclusive marketing practices including targeted recruitment practices aimed at underrepresented demographic groups. The Henderson-Harris Fellowship Program aims to recruit faculty members from underrepresented groups in the United States. The program's goal is to transition these faculty members into tenure lines, subject to a performance review at the end of the two-year fellowship. 3. Develop a strategic database of potential applicants from diverse and underrepresented groups for campus-wide faculty recruitment. 4. Conduct a systematic faculty search process review, including a review of unit recruitment plans, evaluation instruments, and criteria, and then recommend practices to ensure alignment with UVM and unit diversity goals in all facets of the search process, from job descriptions to candidate evaluations and recommendations. For example, every faculty search proposal must include a diversity plan that documents position advertising targets, units' professional demographic data, and candidate evaluation rubrics that examine candidate perspectives on DEI and implications for their faculty role at UVM. 5. Collaborate with the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity (AAEO) in preparing faculty for affirmative recruitment processes by developing and offering in-person and remote affirmative recruiting training (with associated certificates of completion) for all faculty and staff involved in the recruitment of full-time faculty members at UVM, targeting recruitment planning and strategies. 6. Support DOFA staff and administrators' professional development related to affirmative recruitment and practices for effective retention of faculty from unrepresented groups. 7. Develop assessment procedures in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) to track and enhance performance in faculty recruitment and retention practices.

Program Contact

  • Jane Okech

Type Of Program

  • Recruitment and Retention

Audience

  • Faculty

Department/Units

  • VP Faculty Affairs

History

Goal Beginning Year

  • 2023

Goal End Year

  • 2028

Goal Status

  • In Progress

Additional Information

  • Recruitment and Retention

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