Cluster hires without retention efforts will not diversify the academy

Kimberly E. Chaney; Alexandra Garr-Schultz

doi:10.1038/s44159-025-00423-3

Cluster hires without retention efforts will not diversify the academy

Kimberly E. Chaney
, Alexandra Garr-Schultz

Psychology

University of Connecticut

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Abstract

Hiring clusters has become a common strategy for increasing faculty diversity, but little attention is paid to what happens to these clusters after they are hired. To achieve their aim of diversifying the academy, universities must also focus on retaining their cluster hires.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-243
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Reviews Psychology
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-025-00423-3
State	Published - Apr 2025

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