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Nature 447, 753-754 (14 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/447753b; Published online 13 June 2007

Academic diversity

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US universities must act to recruit and retain minority faculty members.

The diversity of the typical American research university is widely admired, but is fashioned mainly on the basis of students and staff recruited from abroad. The universities have done less well at harnessing the talents of the racial minorities within the US population.