ADVANCE: Recruitment & Retention Issues Idalia Ramos UPR-Humacao ADVANCE IT* Program sponsored by NSF SBE-0123654 and UPR Humacao.

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ADVANCE: Recruitment & Retention Issues Idalia Ramos UPR-Humacao ADVANCE IT* Program sponsored by NSF SBE and UPR Humacao.

04/20/04ADVANCE Institution Background  UPR Humacao – Public undergraduate institution; South Eastern Puerto Rico – 4,100 students; 99% Puerto Rican, 70% female – 340 faculty; 62% female overall; 39% of the faculty in science are female – Strength: applied science and math programs

04/20/04ADVANCE Recruitment & Retention Process at UPRH  Starting Contracts – Tenure Track, tenure after 5 years of satisfactory work – Substitute: full benefits for a limited period – Temporary: up to 1 year contracts, full or part- time  Time in consecutive temporary contracts can be used for tenure

04/20/04ADVANCE Barriers for Recruitment and Retention  Freeze in hiring positions  President’s proposal for new faculty regulations – Imposes more limitations to small institutions  No graduate programs allowed  Less autonomy  Advertising faculty positions is not mandatory – if funds are available…

04/20/04ADVANCE Barriers (cont)  Limited start-up packages  Low “starting salaries”  No graduate programs  12 credit/hour academic load  Geographical location  Spanish is language of Instruction – Some departments only recruit Spanish speakers

04/20/04ADVANCE ADVANCE Strategies  Identify and create awareness of issues – Faculty perceptions of the recruitment process at UPR – Meetings and interviews with faculty and administrators to identify barriers and discuss solutions

04/20/04ADVANCE Stategies (cont)  Develop policies for faculty recruitment and retention – Done with support of legal advisor  Mandatory Adds –How to write and where to publish  Explain hidden benefits –Work life policies, other benefits such as education costs –Salary bonuses  Start-up packages  Dual career couples

04/20/04ADVANCE Strategies (cont)  While we wait for the policies to be in place: – Work with Chairs and Search Committee to influence recruitment process

04/20/04ADVANCE Strategies (cont)  Support women faculty – Funding – Mentoring: including promotion process at UPRH – Networking  Faculty in Training – Talented women students mentored and supported to pursue PhDs in Physics, Computational Math or related areas