Diverse Faculty and Staff: Fall 2006 to Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment
Northern Virginia Community College
Figure 1. Student Composition in Fall 2007
N= 41,266


This and the following charts summarize the data in the Table NOVA Teaching Faculty Composition:
September 2008
Figure 1 presents the composition of NOVA’s student body for the Fall 2007 semester. When combined, students
from traditionally underrepresented groups, Asian (15.97%), Black (15.90%), Hispanic (13.41%), Native American
(0.84%), and students classified as other race/ethnicity (6.74%) comprised the majority of NOVA’s student body during
this time period. When compared to the combined proportion of the minority student groups, White students are the
minority population representing 47.14% of the student population.
Figure 2. New Teaching Faculty Hired: September 2008
N= 52

Of the 52 new teaching faculty hired in September 2008, 71.15% were White and 28.85% were minorities.
Figure 3. Composition of Teaching Faculty by Year: September 2006 and September 2008
September 2006
September 2008
 From September 2006 to September 2008, the proportion of minority teaching faculty increased from 18.47% to
19.90%, while the proportion of White teaching faculty members decreased from 81.53% to 80.10%.
.
Figure 4. Minority Teaching Faculty at NOVA: September 2006 and September 2008
10.00
Sept. 2006
9.00
8.40
8.00
7.00
Sept. 2008
8.23
7.55
6.34
Percent
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.36
3.77
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Groups
From September 2006 to September 2008, the proportion of Asian faculty members increased from 6.34% to 7.55%. Over
the same period, the proportion of Black teaching faculty members decreased from 8.40% to 8.23%, while the proportion
of Hispanic teaching faculty members increased from 3.36% to 3.77%.
NOVA Teaching Faculty Composition: September 2008
Native
American
#
%
Composition of Teaching Faculty:
September 2006
Alexandria
Annandale
Loudoun
Manassas
Medical Education
Woodbridge
College-Wide
Composition of New Teaching Faculty Hired :
September 2008
Alexandria
Annandale
Loudoun
Manassas
Medical Education
Woodbridge
College-Wide
Composition of Teaching Faculty:
September 2008
Alexandria
Annandale
Loudoun
Manassas
Medical Education
Woodbridge
College-Wide
Composition Of Student population: Fall 2007
Alexandria
Annandale
Loudoun
Manassas
Medical Education
Woodbridge
College-Wide
Asian
#
Black
%
#
Hispanic
%
#
White
%
#
Other
%
#
Total
%
Diversity
%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
12
11
4
2
1
4
34
9.09%
6.43%
6.67%
3.85%
1.89%
5.88%
6.34%
10
17
2
7
2
7
45
7.58%
9.94%
3.33%
13.46%
3.77%
10.29%
8.40%
5
5
0
3
1
4
18
3.79%
2.92%
0.00%
5.77%
1.89%
5.88%
3.36%
105
136
54
40
49
53
437
79.55%
79.53%
90.00%
76.92%
92.45%
77.94%
81.53%
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0.00%
1.17%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.37%
132
171
60
52
53
68
536
18.47%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1
4
0
0
0
0
5
14.29%
25.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
9.62%
2
0
1
2
1
0
6
28.57%
0.00%
11.11%
40.00%
16.67%
0.00%
11.54%
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0.00%
18.75%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
5.77%
3
9
8
3
5
9
37
42.86%
56.25%
88.89%
60.00%
83.33%
100.00%
71.15%
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
14.29%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1.92%
7
16
9
5
6
9
52
28.85%
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1.72%
0.00%
0.00%
0.17%
13
20
4
1
2
4
44
9.35%
10.75%
5.88%
1.72%
3.33%
5.56%
7.55%
12
13
4
8
5
6
48
8.63%
6.99%
5.88%
13.79%
8.33%
8.33%
8.23%
5
9
0
3
2
3
22
3.60%
4.84%
0.00%
5.17%
3.33%
4.17%
3.77%
108
144
60
45
51
59
467
77.70%
77.42%
88.24%
77.59%
85.00%
81.94%
80.10%
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.72%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.17%
139
186
68
58
60
72
583
19.90%
81
134
45
30
17
39
346
0.88%
1.07%
0.72%
0.58%
0.90%
0.63%
0.84%
1,282
2,941
901
615
265
585
6,589
13.95%
23.47%
14.40%
11.88%
14.05%
9.40%
15.97%
2,226
1,212
611
574
382
1,557
6,562
24.22%
9.67%
9.77%
11.09%
20.25%
25.02%
15.90%
1,525
1,833
661
547
198
771
5,535
16.60%
14.63%
10.56%
10.56%
10.50%
12.39%
13.41%
3,371
5,489
3,620
3,133
904
2,934
19,451
36.69%
43.80%
57.86%
60.51%
47.93%
47.14%
47.14%
704
923
419
279
120
338
2,783
7.66%
7.37%
6.70%
5.39%
6.36%
5.43%
6.74%
9,189
12,532
6,257
5,178
1,886
6,224
41,266
52.86%
Note: Faculty diversity data is from NOVA Office of Human Resources.
Student diversity data is from NOVA Factbook.