STRIPE Trainings Offer Inclusive Workshops for HFA Chairs, Administrators

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HFA department chairs, administrators, and personnel committees are encouraged to register for the next Strategies and Tactics for Retention through Inclusive Promotion Evaluation (STRIPE) Training Workshops on Dec. 5, from 2-4 p.m. in the Campus Center, Room 904-08.

The two-hour STRIPE Training workshops offer an opportunity to learn the best strategies and practices to minimize inequalities and support inclusion and inclusivity in faculty promotion and tenure cases, setting the stage for greater retention of faculty, especially women and faculty from groups historically underrepresented in the academy. 

The trainings were created as part of the Provost Office’s ongoing efforts to address institutional bias and increase retention, UMass Faculty Diversity, in collaboration with the Office of Faculty Development and the Academic Personnel Office. This new initiative is a form of applied implicit bias training intended to address the particular challenges of the faculty evaluation process and develop strategies to counteract bias. The workshop builds on the STRIDE faculty recruitment trainings that have been offered to address bias in recruitment. Please note that this is meant to complement, but is separate from the training offered by MSP, which focuses on the procedural aspect of personnel committee work.

The UMass STRIPE Training for personnel committees is modeled after the STRIPE Training developed by ADVANCE at Texas A&M, and draws on materials developed by Beth Mitchneck and the UMass ADVANCE team.