The Faculty Excellence and Diversity Initiative was introduced in 2015 as a five-year effort to build on the excellence of Yale’s faculty. In December 2019, then-President Salovey announced that he and the provost would extend the initiative for an additional five years. It concluded in December 2024.
The initiative was established as a short-term effort to help enhance the process of hiring field-leading faculty across all areas of scholarship and from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Faculty hiring committees, department chairs, and deans now have access to information on leading practices for recruitment and evaluation of candidates.