{"id":5762,"date":"2015-12-10T13:41:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T12:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/12\/10\/vertrekkend-collegevoorzitter-teleurgesteld-over-diversiteitsbeleid\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:07:08","slug":"vertrekkend-collegevoorzitter-teleurgesteld-over-diversiteitsbeleid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/12\/10\/vertrekkend-collegevoorzitter-teleurgesteld-over-diversiteitsbeleid\/","title":{"rendered":"Departing Chairman of the Board disappointed with diversity policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s the thing that has bothered her the most over the last six years: the fact that the number of female professors working at the university is so low. \u2018I really believed I\u2019d change all that when I was appointed to the Board, but I\u2019ve really had to admit that it\u2019s a hard nut to crack,\u2019 said Pauline van der Meer Mohr in her farewell interview with Erasmus Magazine<\/em>, which is featured in the magazine\u2019s Christmas issue, to be published on 15 December.<\/p>\n

Failed workforce diversity policy<\/h3>

After serving as the Chairman of the Executive Board of Erasmus University for nearly six years, Van der Meer Mohr left the university on 1 December. When she was first appointed Chairman of the Board, implementing a stronger workforce diversity policy was at the top of Van der Meer Mohr\u2019s to-do list, but now that she\u2019s left, she\u2019s found that her mission to have more female professors appointed at EUR has failed.<\/p>\n

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