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January 2012, Newsworthy
Duke's White Values Diversity
Duke University currently includes 37 minorities among the 238 employees in the athletic department. Of those 37, 30 were hired during AD Kevin White’s tenure. Of the 20 members of what is listed as the “senior administration” of the athletic department (deputy/associate/assistant athletic directors), six are women and four are minorities. Of those eight minority/women senior administrators, seven were either hired by White or promoted by him to that status.
“I think it’s pretty simple,” White said. “I’m a product of my environment and my past experiences. And I think the senior team here feels the same way. I’ve had a strong interest in providing pluralistic opportunities for student-athletes. If we really think seriously about this entire education hypothesis behind college athletics, this is really an educational experience. To provide an artificial representation in terms of race and gender, rather than a real-life eclectic representation is for me, something I couldn’t support.”
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