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While increasing Faculty size, Knowles said that there will be a special emphasis on building up the science departments.
Because many Faculty members in scientific fields are expected to retire in the next five years, more tenures will be offered to scientists, Knowles said. The University has already begun filling these positions, hiring unprecedented numbers of scholars in the physics and astronomy departments.
To help in the search for new Faculty members in the sciences, Knowles announced that he has formed a task force to investigate more ways of hiring women Faculty in these traditionally underrepresented areas.
The task force will, "ensure that our faculty searches, both for senior and junior colleagues, are as complete as they can be, and that stellar women candidates are being found and evaluated," Knowles said.
Another concern, Knowles said, is the recruitment and retention rates among junior Faculty. He said he plans to meet with the resources committee next week to discuss this issue.