Compton College diverse workforce hiring meets benchmarks

A commentary by Compton College President/CEO, Dr. Keith Curry

As a true community college, Compton College is steadfast in serving its community with outstanding educational opportunities and resources. To be successful, it is imperative to maintain an academic environment that attracts, hires, and retains faculty and staff who are responsive, knowledgeable, and prepared to meet the needs of the student body.

FACULTY and staff members at Compton College reflect the population of the Compton Community College District, an outcome guided by the 2016 Equal Employment Opportunity Plan, which was designed to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, cultural competency, and equal employment opportunity when hiring new employees. Our continued success is attributed to many factors, including adding a director of diversity, compliance, and Title IX position and our partnership with the USC Race and Equity Center to review our hiring process and procedures, which started in the 20192020 academic year. The college is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, ensuring a welcoming, and thriving environment for all of its employees, students, and surrounding communities. To achieve this, the college uses equity-minded hiring, evaluating, and advancing processes and is intentional in recruiting, hiring, and retaining diverse employees to reflect the diversity of our college community and student populations.

Establishing and retaining diversity among the college’s faculty and staff takes continuous and purposeful work.

Now that we are several years into the Equal Employment Opportunity Plan, we are encouraged by changes that are clearly beneficial to employees, students, and the community at large. We know from research that students who have instructors and supporters they can identify with are more successful as they grow and learn with guidance from successful role models and mentors. Last year, Compton College’s student population was 65% female and the majority of students identified as Latinx. As president of Compton College, I am providing this official data regarding the gender and ethnicity of district employees, along with the communities served by the Compton Community College District.

Compton College Employees Gender

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