Now Yale Faces the Hard Part: Turning $50 Million into Faculty Diversity

Yale University’s plan to spend $50 million to diversify its faculty over the next five years has pleased professors on the campus who say the investment is a critical step forward. What remains to be seen is the extent to which money — even a substantial amount — can create such diversity.  The eye-catching amount includes $25 million from Yale’s faculty-development fund, which will match the money provided by individual schools to support salaries for new hires over three years. The money will also pay half of the salaries of up to 10 visiting professors each year.