The Compact for Faculty Diversity

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The Compact for Faculty Diversity is a partnership of regional, federal and foundation programs that focus on minority graduate education and faculty diversity. To date, the Compact partnership consists of: the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), the National Institutes of Health (Bridges to the Professoriate NIGMS-MARC), the National Science Foundation (Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate), and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Office of Federal TRIO Programs, United States Department of Education (Ronald E. McNair Program).

The Compact for Faculty Diversity has a simple goal: to increase the number of minority students who earn doctoral degrees and become college and university faculty. By supporting and encouraging these minority students, the Compact works to:

increase the percentage of these students who obtain the doctoral degree and seek faculty positions
diversify the pool of qualified faculty candidates
increase the likelihood of success as faculty members in the academic community--teachers, researcher, mentors, academic leaders, role models.

The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program is the primary coordinator, with support from representatives from WICHE, for all Institute operations. To obtain more information about the Compact, contact the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program at doctoral.scholars@sreb.org