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06 June 2018
Correction 13 June 2018

What does it take to make an institution more diverse?

Six researchers share their ideas for improving representation.

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Many research institutions have made efforts to increase diversity among their administrations, faculty and staff members and student bodies. But research shows there is work to be done — and that the pay-off is immense. A 2017 study of 40 US public universities, for example, found that black, Hispanic and female science-faculty members continue to be under-represented relative to the US population (D. Li and C. Koedel Educ. Res. 46, 343–354; 2017).

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Nature 558, 149-151 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05317-4

These interviews have been edited for clarity and length.

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Correction 13 June 2018: An earlier version of this story implied that Dorceta Taylor is director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the whole of the University of Michigan.