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Strategies for increasing faculty diversity.

Women in Higher Education

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Now in her fifth year at Loyola Marymount University in California, Dr. Abbie Robinson-Armstrong arrived during an exciting time for the Jesuit school.

Its president had just put money into the university's budget to hire 100 full-time faculty members, seeking to reduce the school's reliance on part-timers and to strongly increase the faculty's diversity. It was an opportunity for Dr. Robinson-Armstrong to experience her vision.

As the assistant to the president for intercultural affairs, Dr. Robinson-Armstrong was a part of a team that worked to create a series of programs to train faculty to recruit for diversity. The programs' intent was to clarify ...

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