On Faculty Diversity, Johns Hopkins University Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
JBHE Weekly Bulletin
February 19, 2009

Many colleges and universities pay lip service to the view that they want to increase the racial diversity of their faculties. But very few actually take concrete steps to make it happen.
Recently Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore announced the Mosaic Initiative, a five-year program that would allocate $1 million each year in matching funds from the administration for deans, department chairs, and search committees to use to attract black and other minority faculty members. The initiative is under the direction of Ray Gillian, vice provost for institutional equity.
Departments at Johns Hopkins can ask the university administration for funds for salary, research, and laboratory equipment and supplies.

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