In 2011, the University embarked on the Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence, a bold five-year strategy for further strengthening its eminent faculty. In this Faculty Inclusion Report, we report on the progress under the Action Plan and lay out a path forward for...
Read MoreRead MoreThe Excellence through Diversity Fund provides resources for innovative interdisciplinary projects on topics related to diversity and inclusion. The Fund may support various types of projects, including implementation of Schools’ strategic plans to diversify and enhance the climate for student and faculty populations, research on...
Read MoreRead MorePenn regularly conducts surveys of the Penn faculty and other members of the Penn community and releases reports that describe the composition of its faculty and progress of faculty diversity initiatives....
Read MoreRead MoreAbout 70% of more than half a million Implicit Association Tests completed by citizens of 34 countries revealed expected implicit stereotypes associating science with males more than with females. We discovered that nation-level implicit stereotypes predicted nation-level sex differences in 8th-grade science and mathematics achievement....
Read MoreRead MoreThis narrative and integrative literature review synthesizes the literature on when, where, and how the faculty hiring process used in most American higher education settings operates with implicit and cognitive bias. The literature review analyzes the “four phases” of the faculty hiring process, drawing on...
Read MoreRead MoreIntergroup dialogue has emerged as an effective educational and community building method to bring together members of diverse social and cultural groups to engage in learning together so that they may work collectively and individually to promote greater diversity, equality and justice. Intergroup dialogues bring...
Read MoreRead MoreAntiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its...
Read MoreRead MoreFor women academics, deciding to have a baby is a career decision. Traditional narratives of the academic career must adapt to new demands and new constituencies....
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