Factors include experience, both within and from outside higher education, work ethic, loyalty to the institution, diversity, openness to change, knowledge in the field, and common sense.
Many departments and institutions have diversity statements, and one way to enhance diversity is through the support of mentors, including greater recognition and mentor training.
More than half of all institutions introduced diversity into their departmental offerings.
While Canberra has a head start because it is the home to so many national institutions, the diversity of the arts means there are opportunities for everyone.
Why not train men to understand the differences, rather than having the women act more like men? Surely institutions need diversity for success.
AFTER the Supreme Court in April upheld Michigan's ban on race-based affirmative action in university admissions, some have begun wondering what alternatives are available to institutions seeking diversity.
In addition to the endorsed vision statement, that meeting led to specific suggestions for helping departments and institutions improve diversity and inclusion including strategies to create an inclusive environment, remove obstacles that prevent some students from continuing on to graduate programs, and broaden involvement in making decisions that affect the community.
Each of the cities included in the ranking scores points for the quality of its higher education institutions, the diversity of its student body, the "desirability" of its living environment, affordability, and popularity among global recruiters.
Because researchers resident in a particular Caribbean country may not be aware of research being done locally by external institutions, quantifying diversity becomes difficult if available data are not published.
