Illinois colleges and universities have increasingly diverse student bodies, but that racial diversity is not reflected in their faculties.
For college students Alex Jackson and Lily Ng, having professors of color is especially meaningful.
"All students benefit from faculty of color, not just students of color," said Jose Garcia with the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Our analysis found that at Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Loyola, and the University of Illinois-Chicago, the percentage of students of color is much higher than the percentage of non-white faculty.
Of the schools in our analysis, UIC is the most diverse. People of color account for roughly 57 percent of the student population at UIC and 33 percent of faculty. Local universities say they're actively working to recruit and retain faculty from underrepresented groups with various programs and grants.
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