Across many sectors, value statements regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have taken center stage. In our own field of higher education, institutions have started placing great emphasis on diversifying their faculty and their student bodies. However, disparities remain. At business schools in particular, we see a glaring gap in the representation of women at the leadership level.
According to AACSB’s 2022–23 Staff Compensation and Demographics Survey, women make up 40.3 percent of tenure-track faculty, but that’s where their progression stalls. Barely more than a quarter (25.7 percent) of full professors and fewer than one-third (31 percent) of business school deans are women. This underrepresentation at the highest levels affects all aspects of the business school milieu: the diversity of our students, the dynamics of our MBA classrooms, the quality of advice we offer to organizations, and the signals we send to donors and other stakeholders.
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