The University of California Riverside will “expand efforts to diversify its engineering faculty” with the help of over $500,000 from the university system.
The “Building a Pipeline for Diverse Future Faculty in UCR’s College of Engineering” initiative aims to recruit diverse faculty by mentoring potential candidates and encouraging them to consider a career in academia, according to a news release.
However, several higher education experts have raised concerns about potential legal problems with the program.
The College Fix reached out to Christopher Lynch, dean of UC Riverside’s College of Engineering, via email to ask what he hopes to accomplish through the program and what a diverse engineering faculty would look like in terms of demographics.