Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Retention and Promotion of Racially Minoritized Faculty Systematic Literature Synthesis

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Seven
  In Roundtable Session: Racial Realism: COVID-19, State Bans on Critical Race Theory, and the Retention of Racially Minoritized Faculty (Table 2)

Abstract

By analyzing 150 sources, in this systematic review, we seek to examine the scholarship on retention and promotion of racially minoritized faculty to (1) understand what hinders their retention and promotion and (2) identify the recommended practices and policies that aim to support retention and promotion of racially minoritized faculty. We found three major hindrances, mostly at the institutional level: unwelcoming community, interactional barriers, and inequitable tenure and promotion review. Most recommendations have good intentions but aim for surface-level change that ultimately fall short of transformative institutional change necessary to sustainably retain and promote racially minoritized faculty. We offer the field direction about aspects of transformative change to inform academic leaders’ strategies for retaining and promoting racially minoritized faculty.

Authors

• Milagros Castillo-Montoya, University of Connecticut
  Presenting Author

• Truth Hunter, University of Connecticut
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jillian Ives, University of Connecticut
  Presenting Author

• Ayaa Elgoharry, University of Connecticut
  Presenting Author