OHIO Faculty Cohort Hire Initiative

Ohio University has launched an university-wide initiative focused on hiring cohorts (or clusters) of faculty guided by OHIO’s commitment to inclusive excellence. Specifically, the Ohio University Faculty Cohort Hire Initiative advances Ohio University commitment to recruiting, developing, and retaining faculty with diverse thoughts, experiences, or backgrounds, through providing support, mentorship, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

The Cohort Faculty Hiring Initiative supplements traditional faculty hiring practices and norms by providing salary support for new strategic faculty positions. Through targeted hiring, Ohio University strives to support scholars and teachers dedicated to achieving and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment.

IDEA Tenure-Track Hiring Program

Through the IDEA (Inclusive, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility) Initiative, OHIO seeks to advance Presidential Priority Three: Ensuring Academic Quality by hiring up to six tenure-track positions with a focus on teaching, research, and/or service in areas that include belonging, race, inclusion, diversity, gender, accessibility, and/or equity. The IDEA hiring program is intended to enrich OHIO’s outstanding faculty, whose teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, and service advance and apply knowledge across many disciplines.

Each IDEA faculty hire builds on areas of strength, support Ohio University’s R1 status, and reflect the teacher-scholar model through which research impacts graduate and undergraduate education. IDEA faculty will participate in university-wide faculty development programming. Positions will begin in Fall 2023 or Fall 2024.

INVITE Instructional Faculty Hiring Program

Through the INVITE (Innovative Inclusive Teaching Excellence) Initiative, OHIO seeks to advance Presidential Priority One: Continue Improvement of Student Experience and Success by hiring up to six new instructional faculty focused areas of undergraduate student need and success. INVITE faculty will be engaged with student mentoring, inclusive and innovative pedagogy, equitable learning and assessment, and evidence-based practices for equitable outcomes into their work.

INVITE faculty receive a course release each semester to serve as Faculty Fellows in the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, and act as a resource for other faculty to support inclusive and innovative pedagogy in critical courses that have a high impact on student retention and success in their discipline. INVITE faculty will participate in university-wide faculty development programming. Positions will begin in Fall 2023 or Fall 2024.