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and student organizations will also be critical strategic partners. Finally, the Community Engagement
unit within the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences will also be essential in this effort.

What Resources are Needed, Financial and Human?

The financial resources needed to implement these recommendations include resources for competitive
scholarships for students and competitive salaries for faculty. Additionally, financial resources may be
needed to provide incentives to those schools who effectively implement the recommended changes.
Further, human resources needed include current students who are willing to serve in a recruitment
capacity for students, as mentors to incoming students, and to serve on search committees for faculty.

How Might this Recommendation be Introduced to the Campus Community?

This group did not address this question. However, in keeping with the suggestions of the other groups,
it is recommended that these initiatives be supported by and announced by the top levels of leadership.

When is the Possible Semester for Delivery?

SCIE Ambassadors believe that the recommendations for increasing student diversity can be
implemented in the next recruitment cycle and that the strategies for increasing faculty diversity can be
implemented in Spring 2017.

What are the Potential Barriers?
To implement the recommendations for increasing student diversity, potential barriers include difficulty
finding enough students who are willing to volunteer their time, securing financial resources for
outreach to targeted populations, and developing meaningful partnerships with identified minority
serving institutions. With regard to increasing faculty diversity, student volunteers are, again, a
potential barrier. Additional barriers to increasing faculty diversity include misperceptions regarding pay
inequity that exists for faculty versus private practitioners. This barrier is further buttressed by a lack of
information clearly highlighting the benefits of becoming faculty in the health sciences arena. Finally,
ensuring that students on search committees have an equal voice in the process is another barrier.

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