Sentences with phrase «by lack of diversity»

Also, if you are frustrated by the lack of diversity in this list, please know that I am too.

We may be limited by our financial situations or by a lack of diversity in the fair trade market, but, if we start with a step, it's quite possible we'll gain the momentum and the perspective to keep on walking.

Many backgrounds are woefully underrepresented in the homogenous tech industry, and many founders are disappointed by the lack of diversity when seeking investment partners.

Not exact matches

Today's appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.

About a quarter of U.S. workers in the technology sector, which has faced criticism for a lack of diversity, said they felt discrimination at their workplace in a survey released on Tuesday by job site Indeed.com.

«So while the mostly male ranks of VCs may be perplexed by the likes of Poshmark at the moment, it's a good bet that more diversity - minded investors are hoping to profit from that lack of insight.

Many companies are trying to course - correct a lack of representation by setting hiring quotas for diversity.

It's a welcome thing, to be sure, in a landscape that are largely dominated by men — the lack of gender and racial diversity among VCs and entrepreneurs and even on tech boards has become a hot - button issue in Silicon Valley.

Of course we may ignore the actual problems created by prosperity: a damaged environment, economic stragglers, or the risk from lacking economic diversity.

GFI aims for diversity in their hires primarily through hiring practices that are intended to help them minimize the effects of bias, such as encouraging staff to score applications anonymously, using generalized ability tests, and meeting applicants only late in the process.88 While they've hired many women, including in seven of nine director roles, they find that their team is lacking in diversity in other ways, and they've met with Encompass to discuss further steps they can take to develop their diversity strategy.89 One staff member we spoke to mentioned that they hoped GFI would be able to begin paying interns, which might help diversify their team by broadening the pool of potential interns who could afford to take a position with GFI.90, 91

Despite all the attention paid lately to the lack of gender diversity in the role, the portion of films directed by women declined last year, to just 7 %.

Ansari's acceptance speech carried a dig at the lack of diversity in other award shows, like the Academy Awards (which, of course, was plagued by the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite this year).

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

Ortiz was pleased by Cuomo's change of heart and called his visit a «good beginning» for the new governor, who had come under fire during the election for the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

I don't remember seeing or hearing any WHITE Senators whining about the LACK of diversity given the Senate is lead by three MEN of color.

But the tactics employed by the Cuomo crowd during the course of Charlotte Keith's reporting of her story on the lack of diversity at the SolarCity construction site represent a new low.

The group of young scientists also deplored a lack of diversity in the scientific community, calling on European policymakers to launch a Europe - wide charter for diversity and equality and to make research funding conditional upon its adoption by host institutions.

«The ideal solution would be to measure their skills in their first language to gauge whether the issue is from lack of exposure to English or a general language impairment, but that isn't feasible given the diversity of home languages spoken by children in the UK.

Throughout my undergraduate studies in Canada I was encouraged to follow a career in science by several of my biology professors, partly because of the profound lack of diversity in the sciences.

The lack of genetic diversity within populations was confirmed in a second study presented by Schal that homed in on two big apartment buildings that were heavily hit with infestations, one in Raleigh and the other in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Despite the lack of genetic diversity caused by population structure and history, these breeds are able to continually create new and more extreme morphological variations at a rapid and sustained pace.

In one study, scientists discovered that a lack of bacterial diversity in the guts of 3 - month - old babies was associated with a high risk of developing asthma, which is often triggered by an allergen.

The weight loss advertorial was immediately followed by a letter from editor - in - chief Carin Gorrell that acknowledged the homegenity within yoga culture and the lack of diversity within Yoga Journal.

As a member of the leadership team of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition, she works to make yoga accessible to every body by challenging the lack of diversity in the mainstream Western yoga culture.

As I had written earlier, I got turned off by the yoga scene for a whole host of issues, but the issues of cultural appropriation and the lack of diversity are the two primary ones which hit particularly close to home for me.

After coming under fire in recent years for its lack of diversity in its primetime programming, CBS is putting its money where its mouth is by ordering a pair of multi-camera sitcoms featuring African - American leads.

I confess to superhero fatigue but this diversity fest is refreshing - it takes on race and gender, it's quite serious, both in terms of politics and lack of humour, but it is well made by director Ryan Coogler, has lots of action and heart and my teen companions, perhaps best qualified to opine, absolutely loved it.

The season has been programmed by regular LWLies contributor Ashley Clark, who gave us his thoughts on why now is a great time to be celebrating black stars: «There's the recent #OscarsSoWhite controversy, which is the latest in a cyclical series of flare - ups about the lack of diversity in the Academy, characterised most obviously, some would argue, by Oscar nomination snubs for actors like David Oyelowo in Selma and Michael B Jordan in Creed.

This year the Academy Awards have almost been overshadowed by the controversy over a lack of diversity in their nominations.

• A review of a book by Richard Kahlenberg and Halley Potter, «Criticizing Charter Schools for Lacking Diversity and Unions Misses the Point, by Nelson Smith.

«The ideal solution would be to measure their skills in their first language to gauge whether the issue is from lack of exposure to English or an underlying language impairment, but that isn't feasible given the diversity of home languages spoken by children in the UK.

The growing lack of civic and moral education and awareness can be explained by several things, including schools» increasing wariness of controversy, apparent partisanship, and ideological (including religious) diversity.

A study by the Brookings Institution found that at every stage in the process to become a teacher — from those entering training programs to teachers who voluntarily leave the profession — there are gaps that contribute to a lack of diversity.

For example, when I wrote about the lack of diversity among teachers honored by the nation's largest teachers union, I was told I had crossed a line.

State and Federal laws and regulations that allow for that diversity can also lead to some lack of clarity, especially as charter schools are concurrently governed by corporate not for profit laws and are public entities under Government and Education Codes.

CSAB's Eric Sanchez seemed concerned with Rolesville's plan to ensure students who won the lottery to enroll and needed transportation would actually get it, and he was disappointed by the school leaders» lack of attention to diversity.

Salazar teaches in Chicago Public Schools, where the lack of diversity among teachers was recently the focus of a series of stories by WBEZ.

A new story by bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami is available free online; Hector Tobar reports that the Texas Book Festival has received bad press over a lack of diversity in this year's roster; the current issue of Poetry includes four letters by Robert Creeley; and other news.

An entry - level, budget tablet by nature, what this tablet lacks in hardware features, it makes up for in the richness and diversity of content.

Even though Indonesia has more diversity in Flora and Fauna than most countries on earth, I see it slowly getting destroyed by poverty, peoples need for food, plastic and lack of education.

A potential drawback for players when releases are less frequent is a lack of diversity in the games released — where there's a great deal of focus on online multiplayer titles such as For Honor and Rainbow Siege 6, there's sometimes a concern that single - player experiences will fall by the wayside.

Last week I wandered through the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's American art galleries with two art - world debates in the back of my mind — one a local one about the dearth of work by Houston artists in Houston museums» permanent - collection galleries, the other about the startling lack of diversity at this year's Whitney Biennial.

A lack of diversity and inclusiveness was evident in all sectors of the art world, and artists of color, with the formation of collectives and various movements, challenged the status quo and led by example, in particular with collaborative engagement uptown.

The 2014 Whitney Biennial was also somewhat controversial for its lack of diversity, 9 out of the 109 artists were black or African American, [13] including Donelle Woolford, a fictional character developed by 52 - year - old white artist Joe Scanlan.

A couple days ago in the NYTimes, Holland Cotter, extremely agitated by the sorry state of the art world, ranted about the detrimental effect big money has had on art production, the lack of cultural diversity, the failure of art schools, the high rents, museums» focus on the box office, conservative art criticism, and more.

When I wrote about efforts by Transition Brixton to launch its own currency, commenter Liz voiced her concerns that it was an exercise in «right - on - ness» due to the relative lack of ethnic diversity represented.

This lack of genetic diversity was caused by human developments like the I - 15.

So while this law student initiative might, in the long run help cure the problem of diversity at the Supreme Court (by ensuring a larger minority representation at large firms that handle Supreme Court cases), the growing consolidation of the Supreme Court bar still troubles me - as much or more than the lack of diversity.

Signed by hundreds of General Counsel, this new «Call to Action» states they will retain firms that demonstrate a level of diversity reflective of their employees and customers and end their relationship with firms «whose performance consistently evidences a lack of meaningful interest in being diverse.»

«The resulting lack of diversity undermines public confidence in the courts and creates a jurisprudence uninformed by a broad range of experience.»