Cover Story
Engineering takes diversity of its faculty to heart
Cornell is facing a formidable challenge in the next five to 15 years: A third of its faculty is nearing retirement age, and as the university's Strategic Plan states, significantly increasing "the diversity of faculty through new hires and enhanced retention efforts" is paramount.
Here is a look at how far one college -- the College of Engineering -- has come in increasing the diverse makeup of its faculty, and how much further it intends to go, as well as a look at diversity across the university. Read more
VIEWPOINT
Faculty: The next frontier for diversity
When I began teaching, diversity was -- to the extent that it was thought of at all -- something that we did for the underprivileged, because it was "the right thing to do." Read more
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From The Publisher
In today's world, and tomorrow's, the most diverse institutions will be the most successful ones. Read more