This presentation from the Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) Committee at the University of Michigan describes the approach UMich has taken to maximize the chances of diverse, well-qualified candidates being identified and selected for faculty positions. It details the evolution of the policy, recommended practices and some outcomes observed over the years.
Outcomes
Recruiting for Excellence
This packet from University of Zurich provides information on fair assessment of job candidates and how to recognize and avoid biases, specifically gender bias, during the hiring process.
Searching for Excellence & Diversity: Increasing the Hiring of Women Faculty at One Academic Medical Center
This paper from University of Wisconsin-Maddison discusses an experiment conducted about unconscious gender bias training among faculty, highlighting the impact of unconscious bias training and subsequent faculty hiring outcomes.
Can anonymous faculty searches boost diversity?
This careers page discusses Yale University’s experimental anonymous search process for faculty positions in the Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry department.
The future of faculty searches? MB&B Department implements new reforms that aim to increase diversity
Yale News discusses the experimental search process for faculty positions in the Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Department that views applicants anonymously.
Five years post-DORA: promoting best practices for research assessment
This paper discusses the state of research assessment five years after the introduction of the the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).