Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Faculty Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education

This study looks at how artificial intelligence AI can help make faculty diversity and inclusion stronger in higher education, especially in colleges in Coimbatore district. The research uses a mix of methods, including looking at numbers from HR and recruitment records and talking to teaching staff, department leaders and diversity officers from both public and private colleges. The study checks out several uses of AI, like using algorithms to find good candidates, tools to spot bias in job ads and performance reviews, systems that suggest tailored professional development, ways to make teaching more accessible for everyone and tools to track the campus climate and how well people stay. The research also finds some unique problems in Coimbatore, such as differences in how good the digital tools are not enough knowledge about AI among staff and worries about how hard it is to understand how AI decisions are made. The paper gives useful advice to school leaders in the area, such as checking for bias regularly, including people in the AI process, training staff better and testing low risk AI tools with clear ways to measure their impact. Research Design and Samples This study used a simple random method to pick 60 faculties' arts and science colleges in Coimbatore. It combined numbers from surveys with deeper interviews to get more detailed views. Tools of Data Collection Information was gathered through a self made interview form to collect personal details. Dr. P. Natarajan | Mr. Saravana Mugesh K "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Faculty Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-9 | Issue-5 , October 2025, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd97655.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/97655/leveraging-artificial-intelligence-to-enhance-faculty-diversity-and-inclusion-in-higher-education/dr-p-natarajan