The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) is a consortium of 37 art and design schools in the United States and Canada. In 2015, AICAD established a postgraduate teaching fellowship to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of AICAD faculty. The fellowship has successfully created an onramp into art and design academia for candidates from underrepresented groups, but interviews with fellows reveal the gaps that remain. Art and design colleges must build new structures and support systems to bring about sustained cultural change and become spaces where diverse faculty can thrive.