The future of faculty recruitment: Inspiring students into an academic career

Abstract

The dilemma surrounding faculty shortages within dental education continues to present significant challenges for the dental profession. There remains a tremendous need to create an effective and sustainable pathway for the recruitment of faculty into dental academia, with an emphasis on the establishment of a more diverse and representative faculty composition. This perspective paper proposes a blueprint to nurture and inspire dental students into academia.

Keywords: dental; dental faculty shortage; faculty; faculty recruitment; faculty retention; women faculty; women's affairs.