Dartmouth College Aims to Boost Number of Minority Faculty

dartmouth-picIn a meeting with Dartmouth College faculty, President Phil Hanlon and Provost Carolyn Dever set a goal that within five years 25 percent of the total faculty would be made up of underrepresented minorities or foreign scholars. Currently, 17.5 percent of the faculty are underrepresented minorities or foreign scholars, the same percentage that existed in 2003.

President Hanlon told the assembled faculty, “We are well short of where we need to be.” Dartmouth has committed $1 million to recruit faculty from underrepresented minority groups.

Related Articles

2 COMMENTS

  1. Higher education institutions that have a long history of practicing institutional racism against Black Americans (e.g., those who physically built these institutions) are so quick to use publicize aggregate data concerning non-White groups(so-called minorities). As a result, these institutions are so inclined to make it appear that significant numbers of ‘minorities’ attend these schools.

    Nothing could be further from the truth for Black Americans who have been consistently treated as second class citizens at these bastions of White liberalism institutions(e.g., Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Colgate, Cornell, UPENN, UCLA, etc.). This article is an excellent example of “How to Use Statistics to Lie”.

  2. So very true?
    What is a minority anyway?
    Why not just say Black Americans and be done!
    I am old James Brown guy -just say it loud-Black and Proud.
    Peace, George Munchus

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

California State University Sacramento Launches Black Honors College

Officially launching for the fall 2024 semester, the Black Honors College will support students from all backgrounds who study Black history, life, and culture by providing them with a specialized curriculum and mentoring opportunities.

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

In Memoriam: Norman B. Anderson, 1955-2024

Dr. Anderson was the assistant vice president for research and academic affairs at Florida State University at the time of his death. He had an extensive career in clinical psychology, which led him to become the first African American chief executive officer of the American Psychological Association.

Georgia State University Launches Program to Support Black Women in Tech

While Black women account for roughly 29 percent of the Georgia State University undergradaute student body, they represent only 10 percent of the university's computer science majors and 18 percent of the computer information systems majors.

Featured Jobs