Diversity at CU: Recent progress encouraging

The University of Colorado has made strides in increasing ethnic diversity on its campuses: In the past decade, student headcounts have risen by nearly 50 percent; and in 2014-15, CU awarded 19 percent of degrees among public institutions to underrepresented minorities in the state. Those measurable statistics are encouraging, said Kathy Nesbitt, vice president of employee and information services. Yet the definition of diversity goes far beyond ethnicity, and those areas need to be addressed.