Penn State joins national effort to develop more inclusive, diverse STEM faculty


Penn State joins national effort to develop more inclusive, diverse STEM faculty


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State is one of 19 universities joining a three-year institutional change effort to develop inclusive faculty recruitment, hiring and retention practices. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) co-leads the effort, known as Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty.

The new cohort joins two earlier ones that are collaborating to advance such work, bringing the number of participating institutions to 54. The National Science Foundation funds the effort as part of its INCLUDES initiative....

.....The Aspire Alliance, which APLU and the University of Wisconsin-Madison facilitate with the involvement of several universities, is engaging the new cohort through its Institutional Change (IChange) Network, which provides universities with comprehensive support and resources for institutional change.
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