Laurel Smith-Doerr, PEP Steering Committee Member, writes that colleges should use their own faculty expertise to develop internal research and development with the goal of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion

Laurel Smith-Doerr, PEP Steering Committee Member, writes that colleges should use their own faculty expertise to develop internal research and development with the goal of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, instead of solely relying on leaders and diversity officers. She cites her own research at UMass Amherst that looked at collaboration and gender equity among academic scientists as an example. Read more at Inside Higher Ed.  

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