Amid national DEI efforts, Greater Hartford colleges make strides in diversifying top leadership roles

Corporate America and businesses in general have put a much greater focus on leadership diversity in recent years.

While those efforts have yielded mixed results, one industry has seemed to fare better than many others in promoting diversity within its top ranks: higher education.

And it’s a trend that surfaced even before the May 2020 murder by police of George Floyd, which put a spotlight on racial inequities and forced companies and other organizations to take a hard look at their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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