The study reported that black students feel they are excluded from the community of trust because of how they are viewed. Dean of Students Robert T. Canevari said minority students' feelings of alienation from the honor system are not unprecedented. He said that although he did not recall the Committee trying to adjust jury composition during his administration, the action students took centered on improving education and sensitivity. Although the Committee now is focusing on making juries more representative for minorities and athletes, some think identifying the problem as a minority issue is misleading because the honor system reflects the larger community. Some say the concerns the University identified in the past, like spotlighting and stereotyping intellectual abilities of these groups, exist in society and are at the root of the still-inadequately addressed problem.
Black people are more likely to be spotlighted than white.
There are horrible stereotypes against athletes and their ability to do work. He said sometimes athletes, particularly black athletes, feel they receive special scrutiny from professors and teaching assistants. While the University has been aware of these problems for many years, there are differing opinions as to why there has not been more concrete proposals. Some identified a lack of institutional memory and complacency on the part of the Committee as a major reason why the system is still wrestling with the same problems a decade years later. Gray said he thought the problem was solved three years ago when the Committee worked to enforce wording in the bylaws that called for an attempt to ensure diversity on juries.