&gt; Looking over the engineering department, I saw, with one exception in fourty, young White or Asian males.<p>IME, that&#x27;s much more a consequence of the limited diversity of candidates, not a limited diversity of hires. In most places I&#x27;ve worked at, even if they hired all women and blacks (or other non-Asian minorities), there would still be at most approximately 5% women and 0% blacks (the latter would probably be higher in the US).