General World News

US colleges say they value diversity — but you wouldn’t know it by looking at their presidents

Former Harvard University presidents Derek Bok, left, Lawrence Summers, center, and Neil Rudenstine, behind center, greet people while walking in a procession during Harvard University commencement exercises, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Summers is also a former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

While colleges and universities push for diversity among their student bodies, the leaders of their campuses continue to look pretty homogeneous.

The American Council on Education released its 2017 study on college presidents and found that the average president tends to be a white male in his early 60s who has been in the role for seven years.

The average age of presidents has climbed over the past decade, up from 59.9 in 2006 to 61.7 in 2016, according to the data which comes from a survey of over 1,500 college and university presidents in the US.

Less than one-third of presidents read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com