Tools for Recruiting a Diverse Applicant Pool

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Jan 2012

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #124.02

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Diversity is important to the productivity, perspective and general health of an academic department. Despite its importance, only a few percent of faculty members (and only a slightly higher percentage of graduate students) in astronomy are underrepresented minorities. Many departments claim that this dearth is due to the small (or non-existent) number of underrepresented applicants. While problems with the academic pipeline do limit the size of the pool, many departments are unaware of a variety of tactics that can be used to maximize the number of underrepresented applicants to both graduate school and faculty positions. I will present a number of strategies for increasing the diversity of both graduate student and faculty applicants to academic programs. My recommendations come from personal experience as well as discussions with numerous colleagues at several institutions.

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