Diversity in Higher Education Information Technology: From Today’s Workforce to Tomorrow’s Leaders

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Abstract

New research from CUPA-HR on the diversity of the higher ed IT workforce, sees a looming retirement wave in this sector that could pave the way for more women and minorities to move into IT leadership roles.

As highlighted in CUPA-HR’s new report Diversity in Higher Education Information Technology: From Today’s Workforce to Tomorrow’s Leaders, IT in higher ed remains an overwhelmingly White (81 percent) and male (74 percent) field, and intersectional diversity is extremely limited — for example, only 3 percent of IT administrators are minority females.

Findings from the report include:
  • Minority representation in IT positions is higher in some parts of the country than in others, specifically the South and West.
  • Despite lower representation, pay among women and minorities is frequently close or comparable to salaries paid to White men, although large differences occur in certain types of roles.
  • With a potentially large number of retirements in higher ed IT leadership coming down the pike, the time to begin succession planning is now.
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