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Why business school efforts to recruit more diverse faculties are failing

  • Written by Sonya A. Grier, Professor of Marketing, American University Kogod School of Business
imageBlack and Hispanic business school professors are few in number.nortonrsx/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Despite the increasing diversity among America’s college students, business school professors remain overwhelmingly white.

In U.S. business schools, Black and Hispanic individuals make up 23.2% of students, yet only 6.7% of the faculty.

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