Recruitment and Retention

Name: LeBow College of Business
Address: 3220 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Telephone: (215) 895-2111

Goal: Create recruitment and retention strategies to increase and maintain the diverse representation of students, faculty and staff, and continually assess climate and sense of belonging for all constituents.

Led by: Yasmeen Mayes, program manager for LeBow’s Office of Engagement

Strategies

Student Recruitment:

Engage in dynamic and continuous outreach to local junior high and high schools, with an emphasis on Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx prospective students in Philadelphia.
Develop strategies to increase the enrollment of underrepresented undergraduate students, with the goals of admitting, matriculating and retaining the largest percentage of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx students among our peer institutions and doubling the current 6% Black/African American and 5% Hispanic/Latinx student populations by FY 2024.
Partner with corporate partners and Institutional Advancement/Alumni Relations to provide scholarships and stipends for Black/African American high school students to attend Camp Business.

Faculty/Staff Recruitment:

Increase the diversity of the candidate pool by posting positions in publications and outlets that serve underrepresented populations, with the goal of having at least half of the candidates self-identify as BIPOC.
Ensure diversity within selection committees and provide formal interview training to selection committees to increase cultural competencies and mitigate unconscious bias.

Student Retention:

Operationalize and scale the BRIDGE Program by providing funding and additional resources and staff.
Continuously assess the underrepresented minority student experience with a special emphasis on the Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx student experience.

Faculty/Staff Retention:

Create an onboarding program to formally welcome new employees to LeBow, which includes internal communication to create a sense of belonging; a buddy or mentor outside of their department who will provide resources (org chart, LCOB mission/vision, ERG, programming), and a 30-60-90 day meeting with direct supervisor (30), skip level (60) and dean (90).
Regularly survey staff and faculty to identify gaps in DEI resources and determine the unmet needs of the community.