Adelphi University Reaps Benefits of New Hiring Protocols

As soon as Dr. Christine Riordan began her tenure as president of Adelphi University in 2015, she vocalized her commitment to tolerance, diversity and inclusion. These words became reality through new faculty hiring protocols at the private Long Island university. During last year’s recruitment process, Adelphi’s administration began conversations with faculty search committees, ultimately implementing more active search methods across all academic departments. After the first year of using these techniques, 12 of the 25 new hires are faculty of color. Administrators say this has never happened before at the university.