In the next ten years, it is estimated that there will only be enough white workers available to replace departing white workers and then fill about ten percent of the new jobs. The other ninety percent of the new jobs will be filled by minorities. The industries that attract our graduates are increasingly global in outlook, and their workforce international in origin. As we see, an increasing number of our students and potential students are women or minority members. They cannot do their best if they believe that their chosen profession is one in which only white American males can succeed at the highest levels.
Students think of the faculty as successful professionals.
Women and minority role models on the faculty also benefit white male students. During their careers all our graduates will encounter women or minority members as professional colleagues and supervisors. It is important that they recognize that excellence is found in both genders and all races. Finally, some of our faculty may have similar ingrained stereotypes, or a lack of appreciation of how the needs of women and minority students may differ from those of white male students. Diversity on our faculty will help improve the understanding of all our faculty in these matters.