March 2020
In a study on faculty representation and wage gaps by race/ethnicity and gender in six fields at 40 selective, public universities in the US, two researchers from the University of Missouri found that while there is a trend toward greater diversity in academia along racial/ethnic and gender lines, especially in STEM fields, black faculty are an exception; there is little indication that their representation is improving even among young faculty.
The study was based on data collected manually from faculty rosters as published on department websites at the sampled universities during the 2015-16 academic year.
March 12, 2020
