Academic bullying and diversity: challenges and solutions

The academy remains disproportionally white despite decades of efforts to diversify the professoriate. Recruitment of faculty from underrepresented populations continues to challenge and little attention has been placed on retention. Bullying threatens all workplaces and is particularly insidious in...

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Published in:FEBS letters 2022-11, Vol.596 (22), p.2855-2858
Main Author: Swann, Jennifer M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bullying
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Summary:The academy remains disproportionally white despite decades of efforts to diversify the professoriate. Recruitment of faculty from underrepresented populations continues to challenge and little attention has been placed on retention. Bullying threatens all workplaces and is particularly insidious in higher education where the practice of tenure grants bad actors immunity from many corrective measures. Strategies and approaches summarized here have been proposed and should be adopted to provide a better workplace for all. The promise of tenure is a driving force in higher education. Tenured faculty ultimately decide who receives the honor. The professoriate is disproportionally composed of white males and several factors, including unconscious bias, conspire to keep it that way. (Illustration created by Anna Peris, Lehigh Univeristy)
ISSN:0014-5793
1873-3468
DOI:10.1002/1873-3468.14504