What’s the Current State of Diversity in IIT, at Georgia State and in Higher Ed IT?

Asked and Answered

With assistance from Damon Lynch and Chad Marchong

We received this request:
It would be nice to get the diversity (via race and gender) breakdown numbers for the following – IIT, GSU Staff, GSU Faculty, GSU Faculty/Staff Combined

Great question. To make progress, it’s important to first understand your starting point. We’ve gathered current demographics of employees in IIT, at Georgia State and in the larger higher education IT landscape. What are your thoughts on what these graphics say about diversity and equity at our institution and at others and in the IT industry?

First, some definitions in light of the complexity of grouping individuals into defined categories.
Gender – The categorizations reflected in the data below reflect gender being defined as “male” and “female.” According to more current definitions, this might be better thought of as sex. The difference being that sex is defined as your assigned gender at birth, while a more current definition of gender takes into account where you feel that you personally fall on the spectrum between male and female. Commonly people identify as male or female, but some fall in the middle or move throughout the spectrum and additional terms within this spectrum can be explored here.
Race – We also want to note that race is a social construct and not exclusively genetic identity. There is often inherent difficultly in categorizing people into one category regarding race. However, the below does reflect race as identified by the person taking the survey the data reports on.

Gender – Georgia State University

Race – Georgia State University
IIT Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff – Georgia State University

Faculty – Georgia State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty/Staff Combined – Georgia State University

Graph of GSU employees by race

Demographics In Higher Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note, for more higher education stats, these articles from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources provide more analysis across higher ed in terms of both demographics and pay equity – Interactive: The Black and White Higher Education Workforce | It’s Time to Take Action on Black Representation and Pay Equity in Higher Education.)