<p>"But, then again, some schools (#26 being one) still don't believe that women are cut out for teaching positions in many of their departments, so it's probably asking a bit much for the "good ol' boys" to care much about expanding the ranks of minority professors.</p>
<p>As long as the role models are white males, what do you expect?"</p>
<p>I expect they'll see pursuing a Ph.d. as relatively undesirable, reinforcing opinions held by their communities already. I think the Swat data is telling, for within a community where profs have been extraordinarily successful in reproducing themselves, relative to the rest of the community, "Asians" have opted out.</p>