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6 Tech graduate programs join the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium
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Georgia Institute of Technology is now an institutional partner in the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium. Partners of this Consortium work with other academic leaders and graduate programs to build a more equitable and inclusive graduate experience for students from marginalized backgrounds.
Led by faculty directors at the University of Southern California and Rochester Institute of Technology, the Consortium consists of a network of faculty and administrators from more than 60 institutions across the U.S.
“We are happy to partner with many of our peer institutions by helping our faculty and staff to learn strategies for improving the climate in research groups with the goal of being more inclusive and equitable," said Bonnie Ferri, the vice provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education at Tech, “This is an important step in our work toward our strategic plan.”
The Consortium offers training opportunities geared towards equity-minded admissions, recruitment, and mentoring practices; coaching and learning opportunities for graduate programs to bring about institutional change; infrastructure for faculty development in graduate schools and other organizations.
An external evaluation found that after participating in Consortium workshops, graduate programs:
- Experienced an increase in the number and fraction of racially minoritized applicants, admittees, and enrolled students
- Experienced an increase in the number and fraction of women admitted and enrolled
- Increased use of inclusive recruitment and holistic admission practices
- Changes have been sustained for over three years
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- Created By: bhill99
- Created: 10/21/2022
- Modified By: thom6
- Modified: 10/25/2022
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