<p>Unless I have missed them, there have not been threads about diversity at boarding schools with respect to the adults who work there. Many of the better endowed schools have done a great job of assembling a diverse student population - geographically, racially, ethnically and otherwise. I suspect, however, that most boarding schools do not do nearly as good a job when it comes to hiring adult faculty and administrators.<br>
Please share your personal experiences. I have a particular interest in HADES / St. Grottlesex / whatever the current acronym is to describe the schools found toward the higher end of the Prepreview list.</p>
<p>Well in my case here at Exeter, the faculty are MUCH more diverse than at my old school. Especially the languages, they really are what they teach (Chinese teachers- Chinese, German teachers-German, so on)
I hope that helps?</p>
<p>That is interesting,thanks. How about in areas other than foreign languages? How is your domestic diversity? The director of admissions at Exeter is African-American, right? Any other faculty or administrators who are black, hispanic/latino, Asian-american, native american, openly GLBT, etc.? My guess would be that the schools with larger endowments and more prestigious reputations would be more likely to attract such applicants, but I’m hoping to receive some sort of clarification one way or the other.</p>
<p>…why do you care???</p>
<p>Please feel free not to respond at all if you do not care about the topic at hand, if you wish not to answer the question posed, or if you are incapable of doing so. Thank you kindly.</p>
<p>chameleon - think it is an important and great question. If schools seek to diversify their student body, they should be doing he same for their faculty and administration. I do think it is more challenging, however, especially for more rural schools, to attract faculty of color. </p>
<p>I know at SPS there has been a conscious effort in this regard over the past 5 years and progress has been made although I don’t know the exact number. There are hispanic/latino, black and Asian american faculty and administrative staff. There are several openly gay faculty members.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reponses. Sorry about the delay in replying 
I’ve been napping for a few years. Since I first started this thread, Groton has appointed its first black head. I could be wrong, but I believe that this is without precedent among elite boarding schools. Besides Groton, are there top boarding schools (in the Northeast) with key administrators who are Black, Latino or Asian?</p>
<p>Hello. I know that NMH is much more diverse than other BS we visited which was a huge us for us as a family. The director of admissions is African American and my understanding is the dean of students is LBGT. They also have faculty from the Mideast, Far East and Siuth America which was a pleasant surprise and they were not just language teachers but also administrators and other personnel. I think that diversity on the administrative staff in addition to the teaching faculty really indicates a commitment to multifaceted diversity.</p>
<p>St. Mark’s School.</p>
<p>+1 Alleybox</p>
<p>Im Latin, and will be Joining NMH next year, I know there’s quite a large asian presence in the student body, NMH’s student body has 20%+ Intl students, and as Alleybox mentioned, their director of admissions is African american, the dean of students is LGBT, I had the pleasure of meeting their head of the language department who is also from latin america (I believe she’s Peruvian)</p>