The percentage of women faculty members at Cornell has increased in the past year, while the percentage of minority faculty members slipped, according to a university report on diversity.
The percentage of women faculty members increased to 19.3 percent in 1995-96, up from 18.7 percent the previous year and 14 percent in 1986-87, according to the report Progress Toward Diversity prepared by the former Office of the Associate Vice President for Human Relations, now the Office of the Associate Provost, and Office of Institutional Planning and Research. The report does not include the Cornell University Medical College faculty.
The report found that women made up 40.3 percent of the faculty considered to be on a track toward tenure, compared with 37.7 percent the previous year and 26.1 percent in 1986-87.
Minority faculty members made up 9.5 percent of the faculty in 1995-96, compared with 9.7 percent in 1994-95 and 6.5 percent in 1986-87.
The percentage of minority faculty members in tenure-track positions slipped to 20.8 percent in 1995-96, from 21.5 percent in 1994-95 and 10.1 percent in 1986-87.
"In a global informational era we cannot have intellectual vigor in a monoculture. Cornell's world-class status depends on our continuing efforts to draw upon the best scholars, teachers and staff from every ancestry, culture and gender. The statistics in Progress Toward Diversity point the way," said Winnie F. Taylor, associate provost.
Other statistics from the report include: