February 25, 2021 at 8:00 am by Sean Crommelin
Over the past two decades, American universities have become more racially diverse. From 1996 to 2016, the percentage of undergraduate students of color in the United States increased from 29.6% to 45.2%, according to a report by the American Council on Education.
Currently, Tettegah and her collaborators have been gathering data from students as part of a broader self-assessment of UCSBâs current climate and practices.Â
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Despite these gains, however, S.T.E.M. fields remain skewed, with Black and Hispanic students significantly underrepresented. Zooming in on the demographics of faculty, staff and administrators in these fields, the majority of positions are filled by white people.