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Brown highlights2/28/2023 ![]() One of those professors, Sylvester James Gates Jr., has become a permanent member of Brown's faculty. Separately, the Provost's Visiting Professors Program brought three accomplished scholars from HUGs to Brown for temporary appointments. As part of a second cohort, six fellows are now contributing to teaching and research efforts across various academic departments at Brown. Seven of eight initial fellows have transitioned into tenure-track positions, two of them at Brown. The first, the Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, aims to widen the pipeline of young scholars from HUGs who will compete for tenure-track positions at Brown and elsewhere. Two other programs are also contributing to faculty diversity, both at Brown and beyond. ![]() Currently, nearly 10 percent of all regular faculty are from HUGs, an increase of 1 percentage point since the release of the DIAP. who reported their race, identified as coming from HUGs. In fall 2016, 42 percent of new faculty, among those from the U.S. Increasing representation of HUGsĪmong the early successes in implementing the plan, the report details the recruitment of new scholars from HUGs to the Brown faculty. Delalue also noted that $1.53 million in funds from the University's operating budget have supported DIAP initiatives, including new positions in Campus Life, the Division of Biology and Medicine and the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative and the establishment of the First-Generation College and Low-Income Student Center. An additional $41.7 million has been raised in support of DIAP initiatives, including diversifying the graduate student population expanding research centers focused on issues of race, ethnicity, inequality and justice and supporting initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion within the University community.Īdditionally, a total of $7.1 million has been committed from the president and provost's flexible funds in support of DIAP-related programs including the Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Provost's Visiting Professors Program. Through the University's BrownTogether comprehensive fundraising campaign, Brown has received $200 million in commitments for new faculty positions, approximately $50 million of which supports the goal of hiring faculty from HUGs. In a cover letter introducing the second annual report, Delalue outlined funding raised and committed to date toward supporting DIAP goals. Key goals include doubling the number of faculty members and graduate students from HUGs by 2022 creating learning environments where students and researchers can thrive in their fields of study and bolstering Brown's impact on research and teaching focused on race, ethnicity, inequality and justice around the globe. 1, 2016, leaders at Brown resolved that the action plan would not represent the culmination of an effort, but rather a commitment to progress in achieving the fully diverse and inclusive campus essential to the University's core mission of education and discovery. "This work, which ultimately attracts the best and brightest to our campus, is central to academic excellence at Brown." ![]() "The DIAP brings substance to our commitment of developing an academic community that embodies the social and intellectual diversity of the world - and to ensuring that all members of the community feel a sense of belonging and have a voice within it," said Shontay Delalue, who was named the University's vice president for institutional equity and diversity in December 2017. Those are a few among many indicators of progress cited in Brown's second annual report on its Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion action plan (DIAP). The University has also diversified its curriculum, created new positions to support students from a greater diversity of backgrounds and taken initial steps toward ensuring the full inclusion of individuals with disabilities. ![]() In the two years since launching an ambitious action plan to create a more diverse and inclusive academic community, Brown University has increased the number of faculty from historically underrepresented groups (HUGs), widened the pipeline of young scholars on track for tenured positions and greatly expanded the number of new graduate students from HUGs.
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