CHARLOTTESVILLE Va.
The University of Virginia administrator who monitors progress on diversity says there are few minorities in leadership positions at the school.
Blacks, Asians and Hispanics are significantly underrepresented among U.Va’s leadership, according to a report by William B. Harvey, the school’s vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity.
The report notes that of the 436 top executives, administrators and managerial faculty, only 28 are Black, 10 are Asian, three are Hispanic and none is American Indian.
“We have a clear under-representation of what we’d hope to have among our leadership positions,” Harvey told a committee of U.Va.’s Board of Visitors last week.
A 2003 survey by the American Council on Education found that of the nation’s full-time college administrators, 9.7 percent were Black, 2.7 percent were Asian, 3.9 percent were Hispanic and 0.4 percent were American Indian. Of U.Va.’s leaders, 6.4 percent are Black, 2.3 percent are Asian and 0.7 percent are Hispanic, with 0 percent American Indian.
According to Harvey’s report, U.Va.’s School of Medicine was the most diverse, because four of its 35 top leaders are Black.
