Colorado is more diverse than ever, but its college professors are overwhelmingly white

In a state that’s become increasingly diverse, the professors who teach at Colorado’s four-year colleges are overwhelmingly white.

Of the 3,500 professors who have tenure, just 15 of them are Black women. Another 38 are Black men.

Hispanic students now make up about 20% of the state’s universities. But Hispanic professors? Less than 8% of all tenured professors across the state.

In one area Colorado has similar representation: Asian faculty. Asians represent 6.4% of tenured faculty compared with 4% of students who attend the state’s four-year universities, data from the Colorado Department of Higher Education show.

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