Gwinnett Technical College has a diversity problem that needs solving. Gwinnett Technical College opened its doors back in 1984. At that time, Gwinnett County schools were predominantly populated and attended by Caucasian individuals. Tyler Estep of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution pulled statistical data from Gwinnett county public schools. In 1995, 11 years after Gwinnett Technical college introduced its doors to the public, 80 percent of Gwinnett’s students enrolled in public schooling were white. Gwinnett improved by diversifying their student demographic. As of 2015, they dropped that 80 percent white student population to 26 percent. This change, however, has failed to radiate through Gwinnett Technical College’s staff. Gwinnett Tech is Georgia’s second-largest college, serving 21,000 students annually. Of those 21,000, on average, 63 percent of their student body comprises individuals from minority groups, and most of that percentage is African American. They’ve implemented...
