The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty Hiring

Re:The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty... by commandlinefan on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @03:49PM (#26006441)

> the overwhelming majority of the applicants are run-of-the-mill (say, "white male")

See, people keep saying this, but when I was in school (in the U.S.) - especially when I was in grad school in the mid 00's - I was the lone white male in a sea of Indians. My teachers were Indian. The TA's were Indian. My classmates were Indian. There was one class where there were two Americans, including me - and the other one was born to Indian immigrants.

And today, all my co-workers are Indian.

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Re:The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty... by curioushacking on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:44PM (#26010376)

I happen to be a white male from the US and during my PhD I was my Advisor's only native English speaker. Also, at most of my jobs, I've been either the only or one of two native English speakers.

While I don't have the numbers, it would not surprise me that for at least CS/Software and likely other many other professions white male is by no means the run-of-the-mill applicant.

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Re:The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty... by prof-dr-ir on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:49PM (#26008107)

Sounds like the CDO might have misread their job description. :)

I should not have said "white male", in particular because in my field there are also a significant number of (excellent) Chinese and Indian researchers. Although we should not forget about the many other underrepresented groups, the most visible diversity issue for us is the gender asymmetry.

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