3 ms·
> Professors and teachers are disproportionately white According to [0], whites make up between 68% and 81% of the US population in the 25-64 age groups, and,
by deogeo 8y ago
> Professors and teachers are disproportionately white
According to [0], whites make up between 68% and 81% of the US population in the 25-64 age groups, and, according to your link, 76% of academics. In the same age group, Asians are 5.8-4.1% of the population, yet 10% of academics.
That makes whites over-represented by at most 76/68 = 1.12, so 12%, while Asians are over-represented by at least 10/5.8 = 1.72, so 72%.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_racial_and_ethnic_demographics_of_the_United_States#Population_by_race_and_age_(census_2010) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_racial_and_ethnic_d...
- rayiner 8y agoAt the K-12 level, over 80% of teachers/administrators are non-hispanic white, but just 50% of students: https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/highered/racial-diversity/state-racial-diversity-workforce.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/highered/racial-diversity/.... 58% of college students are non-hispanic white, but 82% of tenured/tenure-track professors, and 86% of administrators: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/02/racial-gap-among-senior-administrators-widens https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/02/racial-gap-am....
- deogeo 8y ago> At the K-12 level, over 80% of teachers/administrators are non-hispanic white, but just 50% of students Just 50%? So 1% less, and they will be a minority in their age group?