External Resources

Developing an Inclusive Hiring Proposal & Conducting Cluster Hires

1) In 2015, Urban Universities for HEALTH published this clip about the potential benefits of cluster hiring.

2) For demographic data concerning representation in science and engineering careers, see this link.

3) For a report on the use of cluster hiring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, see this link.

4) For a study on the relationship between cluster hiring and research output at several U.S. universities, see this link.

5) See also the following articles:

Deryl G. Smith, Caroline S. Turner, Nana Osei-Kofi, and Sandra Richards, "Interrupting the Usual: Successful Strategies for Hiring Diverse Faculty," The Journal of Higher Education 75, no. 2 (March/April 2004): 133-160.

Elias M. Samuels, "Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of a Cluster-Hiring Initiative at a Research University: How Causal Mechanisms Link Programmatic Activities and Outcomes," Performant Improvement Quarterly 32, no. 4 (2019): 401–426.