Professional Scientist/Researcher
What are the hidden rules and practices that affect who gets respect and opportunities in higher education? How can we reconstruct these rules to encourage equity in the system? A new chapter in the Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research book series by Julie Posselt and a team at the Pullias Center takes a hard look at these fundamental questions and suggests how evaluation and decision making can be leveraged for equity.
The Pullias Center’s Julie Posselt, Steve Desir, and Román Liera are leading an effort to shine a light on this typically unrecognized source of bias that has the power to shape the careers of graduates and other applicants looking to enter or advance in the workforce. Letters of recommendation are used in admissions and hiring to glean information and qualities which may go unnoticed in the review of an applicant’s file. However, they are also one of the most common places that bias is written into applicant records– sometimes in subtle ways.
Our IGEN Project Quarterly Newsletter highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.
Featured in this issue:
- A preview to the 2019 IGEN National Meeting
- Growing Academic Partnerships!
- Research & Inclusive Practices
Our IGEN Project Quarterly Newsletter highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.
Featured in this issue:
- New Professional Networking Group
- Workshops and Resources for Equity in Graduate Admissions
- Disciplinary Partner Updates
Selected research curated to foster learning and adoption of inclusive practices in graduate education.
These quarterly gatherings break down research studies and social theories that are relevant to equity in graduate education, with attention to practical implications.
OVERVIEW & GOALS
- Preparing higher education change agents to facilitate interactive workshops on holistic graduate admissions.
- Faculty and administrators with an interest in improving graduate education in STEM, and without competing financial interests, are welcome to apply.
- Preference will be given to applicants who are faculty in the physical or social sciences and who have with demonstrated effort increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in doctoral education.
The Facilitator Workshop: Learn to Implement Mentor Training is a two-day workshop designed to increase the capacity for research mentor trainings offered at colleges and universities, research institutes, and organizations.
Presentation addressing recruitment and admissions challenges facing graduate education in light of COVID-19. The panelists will present research and institutional responses that, together, highlight paths for administrators and faculty toward equitable enrollment management. How should we communicate with incoming and prospective students given universities’ quickly changing policy landscape? How can we design holistic review processes that account for new variations in applicant grades, experiences, and obstacles during this time?
Crises are moments for culture building. During this time we are learning that connections, communication, and critical conversations matter more than ever. As we think about preparing our institutions for annual graduate admissions and recruitment processes, awareness about our respective institutional contexts and individual identities matter. Context and identity matter on their own, and they matter in combination by affecting the resources likely available to us, the constraints and norms we are more likely to face, and the networks of which we are part.
